Appropriate

ap-prō′pri-āt, v.t. to make the private property of any one: to take to one's self as one's own: to set apart for a purpose: ( arch. ) to select as suitable (with to ).— adj. set apart for a particular purpose: peculiar: suitable.— adv. Appropriately .— ns. Apprō′priatene ; Appropriā′tion , the act of appropriating: in Church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish: in Constitutional law, the principle, that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.— adj. Apprō′priative .— ns. Apprō′priativene ; Apprō′priator , one who appropriates.— Appropriation clause , a clause in a parliamentary bill, allotting revenue to any special purpose or purposes. [L. appropriāre , -ātum — ad , to, proprius , one's own. See Proper .]