appropriatedadj.
1. Made over or assigned to a special owner; set apart for a special purpose; specially limited.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective]
specialc1230
particulara1387
especialc1400
appropriated1619
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted > exclusively
impropriatea1600
appropriated1619
impropriated1632
propriate1654
appropriating1656
appropriate1796
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed > for a specific purpose
appropred1393
appropriated1619
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. xvii. 78 The vnder-going of generall curses, for the generall good, which was now growne appropriated to his [Decius'] familie.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §4. 9 I shall call it [sc. this feeling] Delight..the word is not commonly used in this appropriated signification.
1828 Ld. Grenville Sinking Fund 34 To place at the disposal of the community any portion of its now appropriated taxation.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 67 Ten or twenty drops..being taken in any appropriated Liquor.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 21 Rich Liveries of the appropriated Colours.
1781 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad., 1780 16 When to correct and perfect form is added..appropriated expression.
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