- suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example;an appropriate dress.
- belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.
- to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
- to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
- to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
- to steal, especially to commit petty theft.
- right or suitable; fitting
- particular; own
- to take for one's own use, esp illegally or without permission
- to put aside (funds, etc) for a particular purpose or person
