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.