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ALL meanings of appropriative

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  • adjective appropriative suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. 1
  • adjective appropriative belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part. 1
  • verb with object appropriative to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university. 1
  • verb with object appropriative to take to or for oneself; take possession of. 1
  • verb with object appropriative to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself. 1
  • verb with object appropriative to steal, especially to commit petty theft. 1
  • noun appropriative Taking or setting apart for oneself. 1
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