Appropriating

verb

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo make suitable; to suit.

2.verbTo take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

"Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."

3.verbTo set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

"A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."

4.verbTo annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

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