▪ I. † imˈproperate, v.1 Obs. rare—0.
[f. ppl. stem of late L. improperāre to taunt, upbraid (Vulgate and Petronius), It. improperāre ‘to vpbraid, to twit’ (Florio), OF. improperer; cf. late L. improperium opprobrium, reproach (Heb. xi. 26, in Vulg.).]
trans. To reproach, upbraid.
| 1623 Cockeram, Improperate, to reproch. 1656 in Blount. |
▪ II. † imˈproperate, v.2 Obs. rare—0.
[f. ppl. stem of L. improperāre.]
intr. To hasten in.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Improperate,..also to make haste to go in. |