Instance and Appropriate

instance

An occurrence of something.
- usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
- synonyms: case, example
An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
- usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
- synonyms: example, illustration, representative

(n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.
(n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
(n.) Occasion; order of occurrence.
(n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
(v.t.) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
(n.) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
(v.i.) To give an example.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

appropriate

Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
- usage: "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- synonyms: allow, earmark, set aside, reserve
Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
- usage: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
- synonyms: capture, seize, conquer

Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.
- usage: "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

(v.t.) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
(v.t.) To make suitable; to suit.
(n.) A property; attribute.
(v.t.) To set apart for or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
(v.t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
(a.) Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary