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Definition of appropriate : 1. A property; attribute.
2. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
3. To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
4. To make suitable; to suit.
5. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; - with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
6. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Synonyms:

fascinate, assume, set aside, take over, meet, attach, admit, distract, stamp down, tailor-made, charm, agree, abstract, separate, withdraw, pat, bewitch, eliminate, sequester, congruous, due, earmark, rightful, leave, purloin, arrogate, take into account, good, tolerate, steal, remove, happy, reserve, clutch, allow, let, book, distinguish, trance, congruent, in order, harmonious, becharm, inhibit, captivate, fir for, beguile, merited, discriminate, suspend, suppress, get hold of, prehend, take away, fit to, becoming, provide, countenance, seize, conquer, detach, subdue, just, curb, entrance, give up, permit, allow for, hold, called for, deserved, enamor, grant, divert, enchant, enamour

opportune, felicitous, propitious, seasonable, timely, auspicious

fit, befitting, suited, geared to

seemly, proper, study atfit, tasteful, prim, right, polite, correct

germane, apposite, pointed, logical, pertinent, relevant, apropos, apt, to the point

collect, procure, amass, deprive, confiscate, monopolize, catch, annex, levy, abduct, harvest, gather, grab, acquire, usurp, reap, impound, take, get, capture, bag, nab, commandeer

allowable, permissible, acceptable, tolerable, passable, admissible, adequate, suitable, favorable, satisfactory

borrow, obtain

effective, practicable, functional, advantageous, commodious, helpful, at hand, expedient, convenient, handy, reusable, employable, usable, practical, applicable, instrumental, effectual, multipurpose, all-purpose, utilizable, utilitarian, serviceable, versatile, fitting, available, applied, beneficial, useful

Usage examples:

• That strikes me as particularly appropriate. - "For the Allinson Honor", Harold Bindloss.
• She said " her feller was goin' to be connected with the Government, and she thought it would be appropriate." - "Sweet Cicely Or Josiah Allen as a Politician", Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley).
• Isn't it appropriate that we should talk to music- we two? - "The Flirt", Booth Tarkington.