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impropriates

impropriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of impropriate.

Meaning of impropriate

Verb

impropriate (third-person singular simple present impropriates, present participle impropriating, simple past and past participle impropriated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To appropriate for private use.
    • And for the Pardon of the rest, that had stood against the King; the King, upon a second advice, thought it not fit it should pass by Parliament, the better (being matter of Grace) to impropriate the Thanks to himself […]1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  2. (transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.

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Questions about impropriates

What is impropriates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Impropriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of impropriate.

Words near impropriates in the dictionary

  1. improportionable
  2. improportionate
  3. impropre
  4. impropriate
  5. impropriated
  6. impropriates
  7. impropriating
  8. impropriation
  9. impropriations
  10. impropriator
  11. impropriators

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