Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To appropriate for private use.

Origin

From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, a

From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, appropriate”), from Latin in- + proprius (“one's own”).

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Forms

impropriates, impropriating, impropriated, impropriated
Base formimpropriate · to impropriate
3rd person singularimpropriates
Present participleimpropriating
Past simpleimpropriated
Past participleimpropriated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimpropriate
he, she, itimpropriates

Past simpleLesson

all personsimpropriated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave impropriated
he, she, ithas impropriated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill impropriate

Word family

5 related words
Deriveddisimpropriateimpropriationimpropriatorunimpropriateunimpropriated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
impromptuimproperB1improperlyB2improprietyimprovimproveA2
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