APPROPRIACIES | • appropriacies n. Plural of appropriacy. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
APPROPRIATELY | • appropriately adv. In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably. • APPROPRIATE adv. suitable. |
APPROPRIATING | • appropriating v. Present participle of appropriate. • APPROPRIATE v. to take exclusive possession of. |
APPROPRIATION | • appropriation n. An act or instance of appropriating. • appropriation n. That which is appropriated. • appropriation n. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. |
APPROPRIATIVE | • appropriative adj. Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation. • APPROPRIATIVE adj. relating to appropriation. |
APPROPRIATORS | • appropriators n. Plural of appropriator. • APPROPRIATOR n. one who appropriates. |
DISPROPRIATED | • dispropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of dispropriate. • DISPROPRIATE v. (obsolete) to disappropriate. |
DISPROPRIATES | • dispropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispropriate. • DISPROPRIATE v. (obsolete) to disappropriate. |
EXPROPRIATING | • expropriating v. Present participle of expropriate. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
EXPROPRIATION | • expropriation n. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private… • EXPROPRIATION n. the act of expropriating. |
EXPROPRIATORS | • expropriators n. Plural of expropriator. • EXPROPRIATOR n. one who expropriates. |
IMPROPRIATING | • impropriating v. Present participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
IMPROPRIATION | • impropriation n. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. • impropriation n. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands. • IMPROPRIATION n. the act of impropriating. |
IMPROPRIATORS | • impropriators n. Plural of impropriator. • IMPROPRIATOR n. a layman who is in possession of a benefice or its revenues. |
INAPPROPRIATE | • inappropriate adj. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. • inappropriate adj. (Informal, in particular) Improper; adult; sexual. • INAPPROPRIATE adj. not appropriate, also UNAPPROPRIATE. |
REAPPROPRIATE | • reappropriate v. To seize and reassign. • reappropriate v. To appropriate again. • reappropriate v. (Sociology) (of a group) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage that group. |
UNAPPROPRIATE | • unappropriate v. (Transitive) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all. • unappropriate adj. (Rare) Inappropriate; unsuitable. • unappropriate adj. (Obsolete) Not appropriated. |