1. [adj]  suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"
2. [adj]  being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"
3. [adj]  suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
4. [adj]  appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
5. [adj]  meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
6. [v]  give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
7. [v]  take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"

APPROPRIATE is a 11 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of
   appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius
   one's own, proper. See {Proper}.]
   Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging
   peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
         In its strict and appropriate meaning.   --Porteus.
         Appropriate acts of divine worship.      --Stillingfleet.
         It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate
         to express our ideas.                    --Locke.
   

2. \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.]
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
   3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
   4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual
      corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
   

3. \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n.
   A property; attribute. [Obs.]