Proper

·adj Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

II. Proper ·adj Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.

III. Proper ·adv Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.

IV. Proper ·adj Represented in its natural color;

— said of any object used as a charge.

V. Proper ·adj Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.

VI. Proper ·adj Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.

VII. Proper ·adj 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.

VIII. Proper ·adj 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.