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approprying

approprying is the present participle and gerund of appropry.

Meaning of appropry

Verb

appropry (third-person singular simple present appropries, present participle approprying, simple past and past participle appropried)

  1. (obsolete, participle, past, rare, usually) To appropriate (for); to set apart.
    • And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to whoos places many good benefices be appropried,[…]a. 1532, William Warham, “Letter CXXXV”, in Henry Sweet, editor, Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Third Series […] , London: Richard Bentley, published 1846, page 30

Questions about approprying

What is approprying the present participle and gerund of?
Approprying is the present participle and gerund of appropry.

Words near approprying in the dictionary

  1. appropriatory
  2. appropried
  3. appropries
  4. appropring
  5. appropry
  6. approprying
  7. approtinin
  8. approued
  9. approvability
  10. approvable
  11. approvableness

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