verb

1. To make suitable; to suit.

2. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

   "Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."

3. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

   "A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."

4. To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).