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Definition of Properer
1. proper [adj] - See also: proper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Properer
Literary usage of Properer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Some properer time must terminate our quarrel. Heph. ... Some properer time!
'tis false—no hour is proper; No time should see a brave man ..."
2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"Some properer time must terminate our ... Some properer time ! 'tis false—no hour
quarrel. No time should see a brave man do amiss. ..."
3. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1833)
"Some properer time ! 'tis false—no hour quarrel. No time should see a brave man
do amiss.— Say, what 'e the noble cause of all this madness, ..."
4. The Court and Times of James the First: Illustrated by Authentic and by Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams (1848)
"... hut in device, daintiness of apparel, and, above all, in dancing, wherein they
are held excellent, and esteemed for the properer men. ..."
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