disappropriate

disappropriate
To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.

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  • Disappropriate — Dis ap*pro pri*ate, a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. [1913 Webster] The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Disappropriate — Dis ap*pro pri*ate, v. t. 1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation. [1913 Webster] Appropriations of the several parsonages . . .… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disappropriate — /dis ə prōˈpri āt/ transitive verb To take away from the condition of being appropriated adjective / it/ Deprived of appropriation ORIGIN: ↑dis (3) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dispropriate — Dis*pro pri*ate, v. t. [L. dis + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one s own, proper.] To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dispropriate — /dis prōˈpri āt/ (obsolete) transitive verb To disappropriate ORIGIN: ↑dis (3) …   Useful english dictionary

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