† imˈpropry, -rie, v. Obs.
[Of the same origin as impropre, improper v.1: cf. the parallel apropre, aproprye, under appropre v.]
trans. To appropriate, impropriate.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (1531) 33 The partes of mannes body hath not theyr offyce for them selfe onely impropryed, but for the common wele of the hole body. 1535 Cranmer Let. Cromwell 2 Nov. in Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 313 That I, pretending title to..certain lands in Denham lately belonging to the house of Davyngton, and my brother in like manner to the benefice sometime impropried to the same. a 1571 Jewel On 2 Thess. (1611) 114 Hee hath impropried the whole kingdome of Purgatorie to himselfe, and hath made it more gainefull than heauen and earth. |