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Webster 1913 Edition

Dispropriate

Dis-pro′pri-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
dis-
+
propriare
to appropriate, fr.
proprius
one’s own, proper.]
To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Dispropriate

DISPROPRIATE

,
Verb.
T.
To destroy appropriation; to withdraw from an appropriate use.
[See Disappropriate, which is more regularly formed, and more generally used.]

Definition 2024

dispropriate

dispropriate

English

Verb

dispropriate ‎(third-person singular simple present dispropriates, present participle dispropriating, simple past and past participle dispropriated)

  1. (transitive) To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.

Etymology

From Latin dis- + propriare ‎(“to appropriate”), from proprius ‎(“one's own, proper”).

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