Definition of proper

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Proper (a.) Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.

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Insurable :: Insurable (a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured..
Neutral :: Neutral (a.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline..
Beauty :: Beauty (n.) An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Induction :: Induction (n.) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact..
Internode :: Internode (n.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.
Alienate :: Alienate (v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of..
Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To put into a proper state or disposition.
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Virile :: Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs..
Midships :: Midships (adv.) In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred..
Seedtime :: Seedtime (n.) The season proper for sowing.
Competency :: Competency (n.) Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
They :: They (obj.) The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed..
Indophenol :: Indophenol (n.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated..
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Possessing the property of homography.
Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..
Landless :: Landless (a.) Having no property in land.
Lairdship :: Lairdship (n.) The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.
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