Both Uses of
appropriate
in
Arrowsmith
- He had appropriated four dollars for the orgy, strictly including the tip, and his standard of good food was that he must spend every cent of the four dollars.†
Chpt 6 *
- He got an extra appropriation from the Board of Aldermen; he bullied all the churches and associations into co-operation; he made the newspapers promise to publish three columns of praise each day.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right