▪ I. † impropeˈration1 Obs.
[n. of action (prob. in OF.) from late L. improperāre, OF. improperer: see improperate v.1]
The action of upbraiding or reviling; a reproach, taunt.
| 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. ix. 112 Two other membres that is debates & improperacyons. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 304 b, False contumeles, blasphemes, & improperacyons. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1235 That improperation and slander that went of him. 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §3 Omitting those Improperations, and Terms of Scurrility betwixt us. |
▪ II. † impropeˈration2 Obs.
Erroneous form for impropriation, after improper v.1
| 1536 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. App. lxxix. 187 At the time of the improperation. 1550 Lever Serm. Paul's Cross E vj, Nothynge is so papystycall as improperacions of benefices be. 1624 Donne Serm. xlvi. 466 This is an Improperation without Sacrilege..to make God mine owne. |
▪ III. † impropeˈration3 Obs. rare—0.
[n. of action from improperate v.2]
A hastening in.
| 1658 Phillips, Improperation, a making haste. |