Clues for the word "APPROPRIATE"

We've had 10 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 25 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on August 03, 2025.

Definition of appropriate

a. - Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To make suitable; to suit.
v. t. - To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
n. - A property; attribute.