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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 impropriate
 (v.)移交俗人保管

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·pro·pri·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating ]
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·pro·pri·ate, v. i. To become an impropriator. [R.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·pro·pri·ate a. Eng. Eccl. Law Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
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