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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Impropriate

· Im·pro·pri·ate · IPA
01 v. t. To appropriate to one's self; to assume.
imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating
  1. 1.
    To appropriate to one's self; to assume.[Obs.]
    “To impropriate the thanks to himself.” — Bacon.
  2. 2.
    To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.(Eng. Eccl. Law)
02 v. i. To become an impropriator.
  1. 1.
    To become an impropriator.[R.]
03 a. Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
  1. 1.
    Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.(Eng. Eccl. Law)