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impropriate (iou)



impropriate verb trans. , -ated. E16.
[Anglo-Latin impropriat- pa. ppl stem of impropriare, from Latin IM-1 + proprius PROPER adjective: see -ATE3. Cf. earlier IMPROPER verb.]
Appropriate. Now only spec., annex (an ecclesiastical benefice) to a corporation or person as corporate or private property; esp. place (tithes or ecclesiastical property) in lay hands.