DISAPPROPRIATES

Verb

disappropriates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappropriate

Source: Wiktionary


DISAPPROPRIATE

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate, a. (Law)

Definition: Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone.

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate, v. t.

1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton.

2. (Law)

Definition: To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation. Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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