Noah Webster
Impropriate
IMPRO'PRIATE, verb transitive [Latin in and proprius, proper.]
1. To appropriate to private use; to take to one's self; as, to impropriate thanks to one's self. [Not used.]
2. To annex the possessions of the church or a benefice to a layman.
IMPRO'PRIATE, adjective Devolved into the hands of a layman.