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appropriable

Meanings
  • Adjective

    Capable of being taken or seized and made one's own, especially legally or rightfully.

    - "The company's new technology is appropriable and can be patented."
    - "The government seized the land that was appropriable for a new highway."
Rhymes
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admirable , contemplable , stable
Variants
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appropriable , appropriate , appropriated , appropriates , appropriating , appropriator , appropriators
Forms
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The past tense of 'appropriate' is 'appropriated'., The comparative form of 'appropriate' is 'more appropriate'., The superlative form of 'appropriate' is 'most appropriate'., The past participle form of 'appropriate' is 'appropriated'., The present participle form of 'appropriate' is 'appropriating'., The infinitive form of 'appropriate' is 'to appropriate'., The gerund form of 'appropriate' is 'appropriation'., The past tense and past participle form of 'appropriate' can also be used as a noun.

Etymology
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From the Latin word 'appropriare' meaning 'to make one's own'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'appropriate' comes from the Latin word 'appropriare', which means 'to make one's own'.

  2. In the United States, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to 'just compensation' when private property is taken for public use, a concept known as eminent domain.

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  1. Intellectual property: A legal concept that refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, and images used in commerce.

  2. Patent: A legal document granting exclusive rights to an invention for a certain period of time.

  3. Cultural appropriation: The adoption or borrowing of elements of one culture by another culture, often without permission or understanding, and in a way that can be perceived as disrespectful or exploitative.

Quotes
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  1. From this source it was "appropriated" by Wilhelm Ropke in his effort to develop a social and political theory in which the market economy would be reconciled with the local community.

    - Roger Scruton,{it}National Review{/it},20 June 2005

  2. Dr. Seuss's mother, also the daughter of German immigrants, was Henrietta Seuss, and when he "appropriated" the name for his books Dr. Seuss pronounced it in the German manner, "soice," until he realized that Americans naturally read the name as "soose," and that the American pronunciation of "Dr. Seuss" evoked a figure advantageous for an author of children's books to be associated with—Mother Goose.

    - Louis Menand,{it}New Yorker{/it},23 & 30 Dec. 2002

  3. Wales, in contrast, was officially "appropriated" into the United Kingdom by Henry VIII's Acts of Union, in 1536 and 1543, before it had developed the apparatus of a modern state.

    - Pamela Petro,{it}Atlantic{/it},April 1999
Culture
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The term 'appropriable' has been used in various contexts, including law, business, and politics. In law, it refers to property that can be taken for public use with just compensation. In business, it can refer to intellectual property that can be licensed or sold. In politics, it can refer to cultural practices or symbols that are adopted by a dominant group from a marginalized community.

How to Memorize "appropriable"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a situation where you are legally entitled to take something that belongs to someone else and make it your own. Visualize the process of taking possession of the item and making it your own.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'appropriable' with the idea of taking something and making it your own, either legally or rightfully.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym APPPROPRIATE to remember the meaning of the word: A - Appropriate, P - Property, P - Possession, R - Rightfully, P - Make, I - One's, O - Own, A - Again.

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