单词 | disappropriating |
释义 | disappropriatingn. Now rare. The action of removing something from the possession of a person, organization, etc.; disappropriation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > disappropriation disappropriation1555 disappropriating1657 1657 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 5 Jan. (Parl. Archives P1/43) f. 7 (heading) A Bill for the disappropriating of the Rectory Appropriate of Preston. 1698 tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Maxims of Saints Concl. 149 The disappropriating of Vertue, is nothing, besides the laying aside of all Complaisance, all Consolation, and all Self-Interest in the exercise of Vertue by pure Love. 1827 Act 7 & 8 Geo. IV c. 43 §1 The uniting or disappropriating of Appropriate Parishes. 2001 S. D. Ross Gift of Prop. xii. 172 Perhaps, beyond owning and having is squandering..: an ethics of disowning, disappropriating, of giving without having. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657 |
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