Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take to one's self; appropriate as one's own.
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Examples
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He also launched the verb ‘to spheterize’ in the sense of to appropriate or make one’s own; but this without success.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
whichbe commented on the word spheterize
To make something one's own: appropriate.
May 13, 2008