Meanings
verbdispropriate (third-person singular simple present dispropriates, present participle dispropriating, simple past and past participle dispropriated)
present singular third person dispropriates · participle present dispropriating · participle past dispropriated · past dispropriated
- transitiveTo cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.
Origin
From dis- + Latin proprius (“one's own, proper”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after appropriate.
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APA
dispropriate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispropriate
MLA
“dispropriate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispropriate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dispropriate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispropriate.
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