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- appropriate (v.)



[appropriate 词源字典] - early 15c., "take possession of," from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Appropriated; appropriating.[appropriate etymology, appropriate origin, 英语词源]
- strigose




- "Covered with short, stiff adpressed hairs", Late 18th century: from Latin striga 'swathe, furrow' + -ose1.