verb To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
verb To 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.
verb To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
verb To make suitable to; to suit.
adjective Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
adjective Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the checkout that my hairpiece looked like it was falling out of place.
adjective Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
adjective Of an action or thing: morally good; positive.