Proper(a.) Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
Proper(a.) Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
Proper(a.) Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
Proper(a.) Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
Proper(a.) Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
Proper(a.) Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
Proper(a.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
Proper(adv.) Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
Properate(v. t. & i.) To hasten, or press forward.
Properation(n.) The act of hastening; haste.
Properly(adv.) In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
Properly(adv.) Individually; after one's own manner.
Properness(n.) The quality of being proper.
Properness(n.) Tallness; comeliness.
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