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Proper
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
(2):
(a.) 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.
(3):
(a.) Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
(4):
(a.) Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(a.) Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
(7):
(a.) Represented in its natural color; - said of any object used as a charge.
(8):
(adv.) Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/proper.html. 1828.
