Propriate vs. Appropriate

Propriateadjective

Psychology. Of or relating to the self or proprium.

Appropriateadjective

Suitable or fit; proper.

Appropriateadjective

Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

Appropriateadjective

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Appropriateverb

To make suitable; to suit.

Appropriateverb

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

Appropriateverb

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

Appropriateverb

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

Appropriateadjective

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

Appropriateverb

To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Appropriateverb

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; - with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

Appropriateverb

To make suitable; to suit.

Appropriateverb

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Appropriatenoun

A property; attribute.

Appropriateverb

give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

Appropriateverb

take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

Appropriateadjective

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;

Appropriateadjective

appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

Appropriateadjective

meant or adapted for an occasion or use;

Appropriateadjective

suitable and fitting;

Appropriateadjective

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;