impropriate
1 of 2transitive verb
im·pro·pri·ate
ə̇mˈprōprēˌāt
-ed/-ing/-s
1
obsolete : appropriate
2
a
: to take over (a benefice or ecclesiastical property) and make one's own
the town which had impropriated the revenues of the church
T. D. Atkinson
T. D. Atkinson b
: to transfer (monastic property) to lay control or ownership —distinguished from appropriate
impropriate
2 of 2adjective
im·pro·pri·ate
-ə̇t
: impropriated : lay as distinguished from clerical
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
Medieval Latin or New Latin impropriatus, past participle of impropriare, from Latin in- in- entry 2 + propriare to appropriate
Adjective
New Latin or Medieval Latin impropriatus
- nothing of the sort
- nothing off
- nothing personal
- nothing short of
- nothing so much as
- nothing succeeds like success
- nothing to
- nothing to do with
- nothing to it
- nothing to sneeze at
- nothing to sniff at
- nothing to worry about
- nothing to write home about
- nothing ventured, nothing gained
- nothingarian
- nothingarians
- nothinger
- nothingest
- nothingisms
- nonnasal
- nonnational
- nonnationals
- nonnative
- nonnatives
- nonnatural