Home › Words › A › appropryappropry/əˈpɹəʊpɹi/appropry means to appropriate (for); to set apart.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, appropry ranks #7,074 of 42,747 for Qualifying.appropry is pronounced /əˈpɹəʊpɹi/.EtymologyFrom Middle English appropren, approprien, from Anglo-Norman approprier, from Latin appropriō; compare appropriate.verbTo appropriate (for); to set apart.e.g.“And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to whoos places many good benefices be appropried,[…]” — a. 1532, William Warham, “Letter CXXXV”, in Henry Sweet, editor, Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Third Series […] , London: Richard Bentley, published 1846, page 30:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.appropre 88% match — To appropriate. vs appropry →appropriated 78% match — set aside for a specified purpose vs appropry →appropriative 77% match — Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation. vs appropry →appropriable 75% match — Able to be appropriated. vs appropry →appropriatively 73% match — In an appropriative manner. vs appropry →dispropriate 73% match — To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. vs appropry →appropriation 72% match — An act or instance of appropriating. vs appropry →appropriator 71% match — A person who appropriates something. vs appropry →