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Impropriating

Impropriate \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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impropriating

vb. (present participle of impropriate English)