adj. & v.
adj. (often foll. by to, for) 1 suitable or proper. 2 formal belonging or particular.
v.tr. 1 take possession of, esp. without authority. 2 devote (money etc.) to special purposes. appropriately adv. appropriateness n. appropriation n. appropriator n.
[ LL appropriatus past part. of appropriare (as AD-, proprius own) ]