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Impropriate

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

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