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dispropertying

dispropertying is the present participle and gerund of disproperty.

Meaning of disproperty

Verb

disproperty (third-person singular simple present disproperties, present participle dispropertying, simple past and past participle dispropertied)

  1. (transitive) To strip of property; to dispossess (someone) of.
    • He still hath held them; that, to his power, he would
      Have made them mules, silenc'd their pleaders, and
      Disproperty'd their freedomsc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about dispropertying

What is dispropertying the present participle and gerund of?
Dispropertying is the present participle and gerund of disproperty.

Words near dispropertying in the dictionary

  1. disprooves
  2. disprooving
  3. dispropertied
  4. disproperties
  5. disproperty
  6. dispropertying
  7. disproportion
  8. disproportionable
  9. disproportionableness
  10. disproportionably
  11. disproportional

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