Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Unappropriate
Unˊap-pro′pri-ate
,Adj.
[Pref.
un-
not + appropriate
, a.] 1.
Inappropriate; unsuitable.
2.
Not appropriated.
Bp. Warburton.
Unˊap-pro′pri-ate
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ appropriate
, v. t.] To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all;
as, to
. unappropriate
a monopoly[R.]
Milton.
Definition 2024
unappropriate
unappropriate
English
Verb
unappropriate (third-person singular simple present unappropriates, present participle unappropriating, simple past and past participle unappropriated)
- (transitive) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.
- to unappropriate a monopoly
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Adjective
unappropriate (comparative more unappropriate, superlative most unappropriate)
- Inappropriate; unsuitable.
- (obsolete) Not appropriated.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Warburton to this entry?)