impropriate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: im=pro=pri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

impropriate, v. t. [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.].

•  To appropriate to one's self; to assume.  [1913 Webster]

  "To impropriate the thanks to himself."  [1913 Webster]
•  To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.  [1913 Webster]

impropriate, v. i. 

 To become an impropriator.  [1913 Webster]

impropriate, a. 

 Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

impropriate, v.tr. Brit.
1 annex (an ecclesiastical benefice) to a corporation or person as property.
2 place (tithes or ecclesiastical property) in lay hands.

Derivative

impropriation n.

Etymology

AL impropriare (as IN-(2), proprius own)

ROGET THESAURUS

impropriate

Possession

VB possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy, be possessed of, have in hand, own, command, inherit, come to, come in for, engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself, corner, have a firmhold of, get into one's hand, belong to, appertain to, pertain to, be in one's possession, vest in.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.