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im·pro·pri·ate
I. \ə̇mˈprōprēˌāt\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin or New Latin impropriatus, past participle of impropriare, from Latin in- in- (II) + propriare to appropriate — more at appropriate
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 >
b. : to transfer (monastic property) to lay control or ownership — distinguished from appropriate
II. \-_ə̇t\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin or Medieval Latin impropriatus
: impropriated : lay as distinguished from clerical |