adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

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

Adjective

1. 1
   Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. not-comparable

   "The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways."

Example

More examples

"The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways."

Etymology

From dis- + appropriate.

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