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Belonging to one; one's own; individual. |
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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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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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Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. |
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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. |
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Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper;
the garden proper. |
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Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object
used as a charge. |
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Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper
good. |
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