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Appropriative

Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.

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Appropriate 74% connected

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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Appropriate 74% connected

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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Appropriation 66% connected

The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special…

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