What is the meaning of PROPER. Phrases containing PROPER
See meanings and uses of PROPER!Slangs & AI meanings
Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g." I think the cat has crapped under the bed, as there's a proper stink in the bedroom." {Informal}
real; genuine (“my mother was a proper ladyâ€)
Anything that was "in style" at the time. i.e. "Those Vans (the sneakers) are really proper."
Blacks were regarded as property and openly bought or traded before the Yankees won.
Noun. A first class social event. E.g."It was a proper do with tuxedos and ballgowns."
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v. t.
To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
n.
Properispomenon.
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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.
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Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money.
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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.
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An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
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Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
v. t.
To invest which properties, or qualities.
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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.
v. t.
To make a property of; to appropriate.
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To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
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Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
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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.
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Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
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To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.
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The quality of being proper.
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An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
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In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
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