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appropriate

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to take something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission

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to devote or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

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to take possession of by force, as after an invasion

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Variants

synonym
allowcaptureearmarkreserveset aside
pasttense
appropriated
presentparticiple
appropriating
thirdpersonsingular
appropriates
pastparticiple
appropriated