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appropriating

verb

Meaning

  1. To make suitable; to suit.
  2. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
  3. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  4. To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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