Ap`pro*pin"quate (&?;), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.
Ap`pro*pin*qua"tion (&?;), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Ap`pro*pin"qui*ty (&?;), n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory.
Ap*pro"pre (&?;), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller.
Ap*pro"pri*a*ble (&?;), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.
Ap*pro"pri*a*ment (&?;), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [Obs.]
If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments.
Ford.
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.
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.