appropry
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English appropren, approprien, from Anglo-Norman approprier, from Latin appropriō; compare appropriate.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editappropry (third-person singular simple present appropries, present participle approprying, simple past and past participle appropried)
- (obsolete, rare, usually in the past participle) To appropriate (for); to set apart.
- a. 1532, William Warham, “Letter CXXXV”, in Henry Sweet, editor, Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Third Series […] [1], London: Richard Bentley, published 1846, page 30:
- And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to whoos places many good benefices be appropried, […]
- 1592, Phillip of Mornay, chapter XXXI, in Phillip Sidney Knight, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewneſſe of Chriſtian Religion […] [3], London: Robert Robinſon, page 330:
- Foꝛ aſmuch then in a Chapter appꝛopꝛied to the ſame purpoſe, I have alreadie pꝛoued by all the auncient Authoꝛs […]
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