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Impropriate

Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating.] [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]

1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.]

To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Impropriate

Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. i. To become an impropriator. [R.]

Impropriate

Im*pro"pri*ate\, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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