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a. உரிய, ஒன்றுக்கே சிறப்பான, தகுதியுள்ள, சரியான, பொருத்தமான, ஒன்றுக்கென ஒதுக்கி வைக்கப்பட்ட, (வினை.) உரிமைப்படுத்திக்கொள், தனதாக்கிக்கொள், குறிப்பிட்ட, காரியங்களுக்குப் பயன்படுத்து அல்லது ஒதுக்கிவை.


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Ap*pro"pri*ate, a. Etym: [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.] Defn: Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke. Ap*pro"pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Defn: To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone. Ap*pro"pri*ate, n. Defn: A property; attribute. [Obs.]


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