Definition of proper

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Proper (a.) Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

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Nonacid :: Nonacid (a.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals..
Suit :: Suit (v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word..
Quinone :: Quinone (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type..
Ostensible :: Ostensible (a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (v. t.) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
Xylophone :: Xylophone (n.) An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.
Extravasation :: Extravasation (n.) The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels..
Properly :: Properly (adv.) In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted..
Cambium :: Cambium (n.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft..
Only :: Only (conj.) Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Form :: Form (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes..
Carvist :: Carvist (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.
Bequest :: Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift..
Prociduous :: Prociduous (a.) Falling from its proper place.
Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive..
Thriftily :: Thriftily (adv.) Carefully; properly; becomingly.
Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like..
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