IMPROPRIATING

Verb

impropriating

present participle of impropriate

Source: Wiktionary

IMPROPRIATE

Im*pro"pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating.] Etym: [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)

Definition: To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i.

Definition: To become an impropriator. [R.]

Im*pro"pri*ate, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law)

Definition: Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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