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the Destreza Glossary
Apropiar

Dictionary: Academia Autoridades (A-B), 1770 (sub-definition)
Apropiar. metaf. Acomodar ó aplicar con propiedad las circunstancias, ó moralidad de un suceso al caso de que se trata. Accommodare, aptare. Fern. Perez de Guzm. Copl. de vicios, é virtudes. “Puedese esto apropiar / á muy hermosa, ó muy fea.”

Apropiar. metaphorically. To accomodate or apply with propriety the circumstances, or morality of an event to the case with which it deals. Accommodare, aptare. Fern. Perez de Guzm. Copl. of vices, and virtues. “One could apropiar this / to very beautiful, or very ugly.