Part 5641

<hw>Im*prop"er*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.</def>

<h1>Improperty</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*prop"er*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Impropriety.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Impropitious</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im`pro*pi"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unpropitious; unfavorable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Dreams were <i>impropitious</i>."

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Improportionable</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im`pro*por"tion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not proportionable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Improportionate</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im`pro*por"tion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not proportionate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Impropriate</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impropriated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impropriating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + L. <ets>propriatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>propriare</ets> to appropriate. See <er>Appropriate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To appropriate to one's self; to assume.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>impropriate</b> the thanks to himself. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.</def>

<h1>Impropriate</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become an impropriator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Impropriate</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.</def>

<h1>Impropriation</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro`pri*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of impropriating; <as>as, the <ex>impropriation</ex> of property or tithes</as>; also, that which is impropriated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.</def>

<h1>Impropriator</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro"pri*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.</def>

<h1>Impropriatrix</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pro`pri*a"trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>-trixes</plw>, L. <plw>-trices</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>A female impropriator.</def>

<h1>Impropriety</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im`pro*pri"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Improprieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>improprietas</ets>; cf. F. <ets>impropri\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Improper</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; <as>as, <ex>improperiety</ex> of behavior or manners</as>.</def>