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▸ adjective: Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
▸ adjective: (of an action or thing) Morally good; positive.
▸ adjective: (of an action or thing) pleasant;
▸ verb: (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
▸ verb: (transitive, British, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To make suitable to; to suit.
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suitable,
befitting,
apt,
proper,
apropos,
apposite,
fit,
expedient,
congruous,
advantageous,
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