Definition of proper

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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..

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Equality :: Equality (n.) The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights..
Decent :: Decent (a.) Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language..
Botch :: Botch (n.) Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle..
Chrysoidine :: Chrysoidine (n.) An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper..
Oxy- :: Oxy- () A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See Hydroxy-..
Bequest :: Bequest (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B..
Aeolotropy :: Aeolotropy (n.) Difference of quality or property in different directions.
Aleurometer :: Aleurometer (n.) An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour..
Demagnetize :: Demagnetize (v. t.) To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
Carmine :: Carmine (n.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid..
Centrifugence :: Centrifugence (n.) The property or quality of being centrifugal.
Hydrology :: Hydrology (n.) The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface..
Chylaceous :: Chylaceous (a.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
Saint-simonian :: Saint-Simonian (n.) A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist..
Miscall :: Miscall (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel..
Majorat :: Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it..
Hereditament :: Hereditament (n.) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir..
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