properer

English

Adjective

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 July, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 128:

     […] she should be able to reason herself into a properer state; […]

German

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Adjective

properer

1. comparative degree of proper

Adjective

properer

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

Latin

Verb

properer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of properō