appropriation, n.f., appropriation, assimilation; (jur.) conversion.

approprier, v.a., to appropriate, to accommodate, to adapt, to fit, to suit; to clean, to make neat, to tidy. — une chambre; to make a room tidy. — son langage aux circonstances; to adapt one’s language to circumstances.

s’approprier, v.r., to appropriate a thing to one’s self, to convert to one’s own use.

approuver, v.a., to approve, to approve of, to sanction, to consent to; to ratify, to authorize; to pass (accounts).

approvisionnement (-zio-n-mān), n.m., victualing; supply of provisions, stock. Vaisseau d’—; (nav.) victualing ship.

approvisionner, v.a., to supply with necessaries; to victual, to cater for, to stock.

s’approvisionner, v.r., to supply one’s self; to lay in, take in supplies.

approvisionneur, n.m., victualer, provider, caterer, purveyor.

approximati-f, -ve, adj., approximative.

approximation, n.f., approximation, rough guess. Détermination par —; (math.) approximation.