appropriament

[Fr.) That which is proper to one; a characteristic. ( N.E.D. ) ap-prō'-pri-āte, v.t. [APPROPRIATE, a.] A. Ordinary Language: I. Literally : 1. To transfer to one's self money, property, or other tangible thing, which one previously held in common with others, or even which was wholly theirs. "He spoke of merchandise as well as provisions captured and appropriated."-Froude: Hist. Eng., vol. iv., p. 407. 2. To set aside part of what is one's own for a special purpose. "As for this spot of ground, this person, this thing, I have selected and appropriated , I have inclosed it to myself and my own use and I will endure no sharer, no rival, or companion in it."- South IMG:content-0659.png:[blocks in formation] -ne .] The quality of being appropriate. "The appropriatene of this particular charge was a fresh cause of suspicion." - Froude : Hist . Eng . , vol. iv., p. 542. ap-pro-pri-a-ting, pr. par. [APPROPRIATE, ν.]