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
- underwritten
- underwrote
- underwrought
- undescended
- undescribable
- undescribed
- undescried
- undescriptive
- undeserts
- undeserve
- undeserved
- undeservedly
- undeservedness
- undeservers
- undeserves
- undeserving
- undeserving poor
- undeservingly
- undesignated
- undesigned
- undesignedly
- undesigning
- undesirabilities
- undesirability
- undesirable