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disappropriate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English appropriate English disappropriate From dis- + appropriate.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
   • The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

disappropriate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English appropriate English disappropriate From dis- + appropriate.

Meanings

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

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