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.
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Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i.
To become an impropriator.
[R.]
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Im*pro"pri*ate (?), a. Eng. Eccl.Law
Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
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