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Suitable or fit; proper. +

Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right. +

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others. +

(Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex.

(archaic) To make suitable (to); to suit.