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impropriate definition

im·pro·pri·ate (im prō′prē āt′; for adj., usually, -it)

transitive verb impropriated -·at′ed, impropriating -·at′·ing

  1. to transfer (church income or property) to private individuals or corporations
  2. Obsolete to appropriate

Etymology: < ML(Ec) impropriatus, pp. of ML impropriare, to take as one's own < L in, in + proprius, one's own

adjective

having been impropriated

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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