Pro*pend"ent (?), a. [L. propendens, p. pr.] Inclining forward or
toward. South.
Pro"pene (?), n. [Propyl + ethylene.] (Chem.) Same as Propylene.
Pro*pense" (?), a. [L. propensus, p. p. See Propend.] Leaning toward,
in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to
holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
Pro*pen"sion (?), n. [L. propensio: cf. F. propension. See Propend,
Propense.] The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M.
Arnold.
Your full consent Gave wings to my propension.
Shak.
Pro*pen"si*ty (?), n.; pl. Propensities (&?;). The quality or state of
being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil;
bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.
Syn. -- Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent;
tendency.
Pro"pe*nyl (?), n. [Propene + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon
radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the
essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.
Pro*pep"sin (?), n. [Pref. pro- + pepsin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
Persinogen.
Pro*pep"tone (?), n. [Pref. pro- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product
of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone,
identical with hemialbumose.
Prop"er (?), a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf.
Appropriate.]
1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. "His proper good" [i. e.,
his own possessions]. Chaucer. "My proper son." Shak.
Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor
and an empty boast.
Dryden.
2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not
common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and
appetites.
Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our
proper humanity.
Coleridge.
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.
The proper study of mankind is man.
Pope.
In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the
spring, and sprightly May.
Dryden.
4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] "Thou art a
proper man." Chaucer.
Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw
he was a proper child.
Heb. xi. 23.
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.
6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the
garden proper.
7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used
as a charge.
In proper, individually; privately. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Proper
flower or corolla (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in
an aggregate or compound flower. -- Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction
in which the numerator is less than the denominator. -- Proper nectary
(Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the
flower. -- Proper noun (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by
which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to
common noun; as, John, Boston, America. -- Proper perianth or involucre
(Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. -- Proper receptacle
(Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or
fructification.
Prop"er, adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper
good. [Colloq & Vulgar]
Prop"er*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. properatus, p. p. of properare to
hasten.] To hasten, or press forward. [Obs.]
Prop`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. properatio.] The act of hastening; haste.
[Obs.] T. Adams.
Pro*per"i*spome (?), n. (Gr. Gram.) Properispomenon.
||Pro*per`i*spom"e*non (?), n.; pl. Properispomena (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||&?;, fr. &?; to circumflex on the penult; &?; before + &?; to
||circumflex. See Perispomenon.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the
||circumflex accent on the penult.
Prop"er*ly (?), adv.
1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word
properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton.