Both Uses of
appropriate
in
Candide
- And I hope, too, that they will without trying hold their pens with an eighteenth century lightness, not inappropriate to a philosophic tale.†
Chpt Intr. *
- How, without wit, he appropriates the wit of others!†
Chpt 22 *
Definitions:
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(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
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(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right