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dispropriate

dispropriate verb: to cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.

Verb

dispropriate (third-person singular simple present dispropriates, present participle dispropriating, simple past and past participle dispropriated)

  1. (transitive) To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.

Forms of dispropriate

third-person singular presentdispropriates
present participledispropriating
past participledispropriated
pastdispropriated

Origin of dispropriate

From dis- + Latin proprius (“one's own, proper”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after appropriate.

Questions about dispropriate

What does dispropriate mean?
Dispropriate means to cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.
What part of speech is dispropriate?
Dispropriate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dispropriate?
The past tense of dispropriate is dispropriated.

Words near dispropriate in the dictionary

  1. disproportionation
  2. disproportionations
  3. disproportioned
  4. disproportioning
  5. disproportions
  6. dispropriate
  7. dispropriated
  8. dispropriates
  9. dispropriating
  10. disprovability
  11. disprovable

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