propertying

Verb

property (third-person singular simple present properties, present participle propertying, simple past and past participle propertied)

1. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
   • His voyce was propertied
     As all the tuned Spheres, and that to Friendsc. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
2. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
   • Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back:
     I am too high-born to be propertied,
     To be a secondary at control,
     Or useful serving-man and instrument,
     To any sovereign state throughout the world.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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