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  • English Word Proper Definition Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
  • English Word Proper Definition 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.
  • English Word Proper Definition Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
  • English Word Proper Definition 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.
  • English Word Proper Definition Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
  • English Word Proper Definition Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
  • English Word Proper Definition Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
  • English Word Properate Definition To hasten, or press forward.
  • English Word Properation Definition The act of hastening; haste.
  • English Word Properispome Definition Properispomenon.
  • English Word Properispomena Definition of Properispomenon
  • English Word Properispomenon Definition A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
  • English Word Properly Definition In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
  • English Word Properly Definition Individually; after one's own manner.
  • English Word Properness Definition The quality of being proper.
  • English Word Properness Definition Tallness; comeliness.
  • English Word Propertied Definition Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money.
  • English Word Properties Definition of Property
  • English Word Property Definition That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
  • English Word Property Definition An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
  • English Word Property Definition The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
  • English Word Property Definition That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
  • English Word Property Definition All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
  • English Word Property Definition Propriety; correctness.
  • English Word Property Definition To invest which properties, or qualities.
  • English Word Property Definition To make a property of; to appropriate.
  • English Word Prophane Definition See Profane.
  • English Word Prophasis Definition Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.
  • English Word Prophecies Definition of Prophecy
  • English Word Prophecy Definition A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.