Im*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Impropriating (?).] [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of
propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.] 1. To appropriate to one's
self; to assume. [Obs.]
To impropriate the thanks to himself.
Bacon.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property)
in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.