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prop|er
prop|er «PROP uhr», adjective, adverb, noun.
–adj.
1. right for the occasion; fitting; correct: »

soil in proper condition for planting, to use a word in its proper sense. Night is the proper time to sleep, and bed the proper place.

 SYNONYM(S): suitable, becoming, appropriate.
2. in the strict sense of the word; strictly so called: »

England proper does not include Wales. Puerto Rico is not part of the United States proper. Footnotes are clearly set off from the text proper.

3. decent; respectable: »

proper conduct.

SYNONYM(S): seemly, decorous.
4. Grammar. belonging to one or a few; not common to all; designating a particular person, place, or thing. France is a proper noun, French is a proper adjective.
5. designating a liturgical service, psalm, or lesson, appointed for a particular day or season.
6. Informal. complete; thorough; fine; excellent: »

a proper jest, and never heard before (Shakespeare).

7. Archaic. good-looking; handsome: »

By St. Anne! but he is a proper youth (Scott).

8. belonging exclusively or distinctively: »

qualities proper to a substance.

9. Heraldry. represented in its natural colors: »

an eagle proper.

10. Archaic. belonging to oneself; own: »

to shroud me from my proper scorn (Tennyson).

–adv.
Informal. properly; completely; thoroughly: »

Had 'em that time—had 'em proper! (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).

–n. Ecclesiastical. Also, Proper.
1. the parts of the Mass which vary according to the day or festival.
2. the service or prayers appointed for a particular day or season.
3. the section of a missal or breviary containing these parts.
╂[< Old French propre, learned borrowing from Latin proprius one's own]

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