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English
Etymology
From Middle English appropren, approprien, from Anglo-Norman approprier, from Latin appropriō; compare appropriate.
Pronunciation
Verb
appropry (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 , London: Richard Bentley, published 1846, page 30:And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to whoos places many good benefices be appropried, […]
1573 [1530], William Tyndall, “The Supper of the Lord”, in The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and R. Barnes , London: Iohn Daye, page 461:[…] now therfoꝛ ſyth his māhead is a creature, it cābnot haue this gloꝛy onely whiche is appꝛopꝛied to the Godhead.
1592, Phillip of Mornay, chapter XXXI, in Phillip Sidney Knight, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewneſſe of Chriſtian Religion , 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 […]