properer

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Adjective

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properer

  1. (nonstandard) comparative form of proper: more proper
    • 1762, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews[1], volume one, chapter IX, first collected edition:
      He was then silent, and began to consider with himself whether it would be properer to make his escape, or to deliver himself into the hands of justice; which meditation ended as the reader will see in the next chapter.
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: [], volume III, London: [] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC, page 128:
      [] she should be able to reason herself into a properer state; []

German

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Adjective

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properer

  1. comparative degree of proper

Adjective

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properer

  1. inflection of proper:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Latin

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properer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of properō