IMPROPRIATE

impropriate. Impropriate, v.t. to convert to private use, to alienate

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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. 1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume.
To impropriate the thanks to himself. Bacon. 2. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.