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单词 expropriate
释义 I. exˈpropriate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
In 5 expropriat.
[ad. late L. expropriāt-us, pa. pple. of expropriāre: see next.]
= expropriated. In quot.: Debarred from owning property.
c1449Pecock Repr. 478 Religiouns..in which is vow of wilful and expropriat poverte.
II. expropriate, v.|ɛkˈsprəʊprɪeɪt|
[f. late L. expropriāt- ppl. stem of expropriāre to deprive of property, f. ex- + proprium property, neut. of proprius own: see proper. Cf. Fr. exproprier.]
1. trans. To dispossess (a person) of ownership; to deprive of property. Const. from.
Now chiefly to deprive of property either wholly or in part, for the public use, usually with provision of compensation.
1611Cotgr., Exproprié, expropriated.1852Grote Greece ii. lxxix. X. 406 All those proprietors had been..expropriated.1875J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. ii. xiii. 480 The Government gives..a power to expropriate the owner of the land required.1881Macm. Mag. XLIV. 132 To expropriate the owners from their estates must be a very bitter pill.
2.
a. To put (a thing) out of one's own control (obs.).
b. To take out of the owner's hands.
1660Boyle [see expropriated ppl. a.].1775in Ash.1881Daily Tel. 14 Feb., A corner of the garden..was ‘expropriated’ by Baron Haussman for the purpose of widening the Rue Lafayette.1884Contemp. Rev. Oct. 518 The State..expropriates private property for public utility.
Hence exˈpropriated ppl. a.
1660Boyle Seraph. Love iii. (1700) 29 When you have Resign'd, or rather Consign'd your expropriated Will to God.1889Pall Mall G. 4 June 2/3 The wrath of the expropriated exploiteurs is extreme.
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