Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Begin and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Begin" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Begin
Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Appropriate and begin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Begin".
Nearby Word: beginning
Both words in one sentence
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The change is so complete that they begin to produce the appropriate sex cells, and a newly-female person can get pregnant and give birth.
Source: Gender Bender - You can begin by saying that there's no anachronistic chivalry, jousting, plate armor, that the setting is The Dung Ages with all its appropriate ignorance, superstition and brutality, and that would still just be the start of the deconstructions.
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The JV players, played by actually age-appropriate 14-15 year olds, look horribly young and minuscule next to the main cast, some of whom begin teasing the JV players mercilessly, possibly as a bit of Lampshade Hanging.
Source: Series / Friday Night Lights
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