Suitable or fit; proper. / Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

(transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

the quality or condition of being appropriate

In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.

simple past tense and past participle of appropriate

set aside for a specified purpose

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appropriate

An act or instance of appropriating. / That which is appropriated. / Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. / (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.

(economics) The environmental factors that govern an innovator's ability to capture profits generated by an innovation.

A person who appropriates something. / The religious organization that owns the income of a benefice.