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(adj) : set apart for a particular use or person; hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper
"the headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."
(v) : to take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as in: "let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."; 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
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website design charlotte.

website design charlotte.
Definition of appropriate:

(adj) : set apart for a particular use or person; hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper
"the headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."
(v) : to take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as in: "let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."; 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

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