Impropriating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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              To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon.
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     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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