appropriate
appropriate (ə-prōʹprē-ĭt) adjective
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
verb, transitive
appropriated, appropriating, appropriates (-āt)
1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.
2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.
[Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropriātus past participle of appropriāre, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own.]
approʹpriately adverb
approʹpriateness noun
approʹpriative (-ātĭv) adjective
approʹpriator noun
Synonyms: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp. The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to seize for oneself or as one's right": appropriated the family car; arrogating to himself the most interesting tasks; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating alien property; preempted the glory for herself; usurped the throne. See also synonyms at allocate, fit1.