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Traducere: română
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Prop"er (?), a. [OE.
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1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. “His
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Now learn the difference, at your
Betwixt true valor and an empty boast.
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2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
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Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our
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3. 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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The
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In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play,
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4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] “Thou art a
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Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a
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5. 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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6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
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7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
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Prop"er, adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. [Colloq & Vulgar]
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