proper, propre, propire

& adv. [Fr. propre, from Latin proprius =one's own, proper; prob. allied to prope =near; Port. & Ital. proprio.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: IMG:content-1608.png:[blocks in formation] proper-jurisdiction, s. Scots Law: Jurisdiction in virtue of office. proper-motion, s. Astron.: Actual as opposed to apparent motion. Used of the fixed stars. [STAR.] *prop-er-āte, v . t . & i . [Lat. proper at us , pa. par. of propero to hasten.] To hasten, to hurry. "Awhile to keep off death which proper ates ." Vicars: Translation of Virgil. *prop-er-ā-tion, subst . [Lat. properatio , from proper at us , pa. par. of propero to hasten.] The act or state of hastening; haste. "There is great preparation of this banquet, proper a tion to eat it."- Adams : Works , i. 216. prō-pěr-1-spōme, subst . [Gr. proper ispõmen on , from proper isp aō =to circumflex the penult: pro= before; peri =around, and spaō =to draw.] Greek Pros.: A word having a circumflex accent on the penult. prop-er-lỹ, *pro-pre-liche, *pro-pre-ly, adv . [ Eng . proper ; -ly.] 1. In a a proper manner; fitly, suitably, becomingly; as, to be properly dre ed. 2. In a strict or proper sense; strictly. "The body properly hath neither." Milton: P. L., x. 791. IMG:content-1609.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The quality or state of being proper; propriety. *2. Good looks, good appearance, handsomene . "The propernes of the childe." -Udall : Acts vii. prop'-er-tied, adj . [Eng. property ; -ed.] Pos se ed of property. "An institution devoted to the propertied and satisfied cla es generally."- Matthew Arnold : Last E ays, p. 163. prop-er-ty, *pro-pre-tee, *prop-ir-te, subst. [O. Fr. propreté fitne , property, from Lat. pro prietatem , acc us. of proprietas a property.ownership, from proprius =one's own, proper; Fr. pro priété ; Ital. proprietà . Property and propriety are doublets.] 1. A peculiar quality of anything; that which is inherent in or naturally e ential to anything; a quality, a characteristic, an attribute. "The moral properties and scope of things." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i. 2. Character, disposition, nature. "It is the abject property of most." IMG:content-1610.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1611.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1612.png:[blocks in formation] mains. 4. The exclusive right of po e ing, enjoying, and disposing of anything; ownership. It may be a right unlimited in point of duration, and unrestricted in point of disposition, or a right limited in duration, as a life interest. "The third absolute right, inherent in every English man, is that of property : which consists in the free use, use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land, which are extremely watchful in ascertaining and protecting this right." - Black stone: Comment., bk. i., ch. 1. IMG:content-1613.png:[blocks in formation] *prop'-er-tỹ, v . t . [PROPERTY, 8.] 1. To make property of; to seize and hold as one's IMG:content-1614.png:[blocks in formation] "[The exercise] called prophesying was this: that the ministers within a precinct did meet upon a week-day in some principal town, where there was some ancient grave minister that was president, and an auditory admitted of gentlemen, or other persons of leisure. Then every min- ister succe ively, beginning with the youngest, did handle one and the same part of Scripture."-Bacon: Pacification of the Church . proph-ět, *proph-ete, s . [Fr. prophète , from Latin prophet a , from Greek prophetes =one who declares things, an expounder, a prophet: pro = before, publicly, and phēmi to say, to speak; Sp., Port., & Ital. profeta .] 1. One who prophesies; one who foretells future events; a foreteller, a predicter: spec if. one who, under divine inspiration and instruction, announced future events, as Moses, David, Isaiah, . "Hence, in a Roman mouth, the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the same." Cowper: Table Talk , 501. "A prophecie sais he sall die." Robert de Brunne , p. 282. were communicated (Jer. 1. 4, 9, 11, 12). The first word, nab hi , suggested that when inspired commu- nications had be prophet, like a fren- zied person raving, uttered words in a copious flood, flowing forth with some considerable impulse. Abra- ham is called a prophet (Gen. xx. 7); it is implied that Moses was one (Deut. xviii. 15; Acts vii. 37), but the more typical prophets began with Samuel (Acts xiii. 20), who was a civil ruler as well. Yet the full development of the prophetic order was not till the separation between the two kingdoms. In Judah the general faithfulne to Jehovah left them le scope. In the kingdom of Israel, on the other hand, where the worship, even when nominally that of Jehovah, was idolatrous, and where that of Baal often prevailed, the prophets were very prominent and influential, denouncing apostasy and moral depravity. The first, like Elijah, Elisha, ., have left no writings; the later prophets have. [(2).] The last of the Old Testament prophets pa ed away with Malachi, and scribes took their place. In the early church there were prophets (Rom. xii. 6; 1 Cor. xii. 28; Ephes. iv. 11, .). Their chief function seems to have been preaching in the church (1 Cor. xiv. 2-5). (2) The prophetic books of the Old Testament, or the Old Testament except the books of Moses (Matt. xxii. 40; Luke xxiv. 27). 2. School of the Prophets : An a ociation of the prophets in which the elder lovingly trained the younger, who were called their sons (1 Kings xx. 35). First Elijah, and then Elisha, presided over such a society. *proph'-ět, v . i . [PROPHET, 8.] To prophesy. "Prophet ing Helen as." Stanyhurst: Virgil's Eneid , iii. 727. proph-et-ě , *prof-et-e e, *proph-et-i e, subst . [ Fr.prophéte e , from Lat. propheti a ; Port. profeti a; Ital. profete a .] A female prophet; a woman who foretells future events. "Say, poor Margaret was a prophete ." Shakesp.: Richard III . , 1. 3. pro-phět-ic, pro-phet-Ic-al, *pro-phet-Ick, *pro-phet-ique, *pro-phět-ic-all, a . [French prophétique , from Lat. prophetic us , from Gr. pro- Ital. profetico .] 1. To predict, to foretell, to prognosticate. "To prophesy against this house all the words that ye phetikos , from prophetés a prophet (q. v.); Sp. & have heard." - Jeremiah xxvi. 12. IMG:content-1615.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1616.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1617.png:[blocks in formation] propinque *pro-pinque, a. [Lat. propinquus .] [PROPINQUITY.] Near, close. "As it is propinque or near, it consist eth of exhalations."- Swan : Speculum Mundi , p. 81.