v (transitive) 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."
v (transitive) 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.
v (transitive|British|ecclesiastical|legal) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.