Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n.
   A property; attribute. [Obs.]

Appropriate \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of
   appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius
   one's own, proper. See {Proper}.]
   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.

Appropriate \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) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
      corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

Source : WordNet®

appropriate
     adj 1: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;
            "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral
            conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that
            an apology is appropriate" [ant: {inappropriate}]
     2: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack
        of concern for fairness [syn: {advantageous}]
     3: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable
        (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit)
        time for flippancy" [syn: {suitable}, {suited}]
     4: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious
        with her military bearing" [syn: {harmonious}]
     5: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
        successful copywriter is a master of apposite and
        evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite},
         {apt}, {pertinent}]

appropriate
     v 1: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular
          person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your
          research" [syn: {allow}, {earmark}, {set aside}, {reserve}]
     2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the
        invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
        "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the
        castle" [syn: {capture}, {seize}, {conquer}]