| 释义 |
reaˈppropriate, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. †a. To restore. Obs. b. To take back to oneself.
1653Milton Hirelings Wks. (1851) 372 What shall be found hertofore given by Kings or Princes out of the publick, may justly by the Magistrate be recall'd and reappropriated to the Civil Revenue. 1863Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 19/1 That forest which has reappropriated the conquests made from it. 1864W. Hanna Earlier Years Our Lord's Life 112 St. Matthew should revive, reappropriate and reapply that image. |