| APPROPRIACIES | • appropriacies n. Plural of appropriacy. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| APPROPRIATING | • appropriating v. Present participle of appropriate. • APPROPRIATE v. to take exclusive possession of. |
| APPROPRIATION | • appropriation n. An act or instance of appropriating. • appropriation n. That which is appropriated. • appropriation n. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. |
| APPROPRIATIVE | • appropriative adj. Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation. • APPROPRIATIVE adj. relating to appropriation. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| INAPPROPRIATE | • inappropriate adj. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. • inappropriate adj. (Informal, in particular) Improper; adult; sexual. • INAPPROPRIATE adj. not appropriate, also UNAPPROPRIATE. |
| APPROPRIATIONS | • appropriations n. Plural of appropriation. • APPROPRIATION n. an act or instance of appropriating. |
| DISAPPROPRIATE | • disappropriate v. To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere. • disappropriate adj. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. • DISAPPROPRIATE v. to take away from the condition of being appropriated. |
| MISAPPROPRIATE | • misappropriate v. (Transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes. • misappropriate v. (Transitive) To embezzle. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| APPROPINQUATING | • appropinquating v. Present participle of appropinquate. • APPROPINQUATE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUE. |
| APPROPINQUATION | • appropinquation n. The act of drawing near; an approach. • APPROPINQUATION n. approach. |
| DISAPPROPRIATED | • disappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disappropriate. • DISAPPROPRIATE v. to take away from the condition of being appropriated. |
| DISAPPROPRIATES | • disappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappropriate. • DISAPPROPRIATE v. to take away from the condition of being appropriated. |
| INAPPROPRIATELY | • inappropriately adv. In an inappropriate manner. • INAPPROPRIATE adv. not appropriate, also UNAPPROPRIATE. |
| MISAPPROPRIATED | • misappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of misappropriate. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| MISAPPROPRIATES | • misappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| REAPPROPRIATING | • reappropriating v. Present participle of reappropriate. • REAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate again. |
| UNAPPROPRIATING | • unappropriating v. Present participle of unappropriate. • UNAPPROPRIATE v. to remove from private ownership and return to public ownership. |