properer
English
Adjective
properer
- (nonstandard) comparative form of proper: more proper
- 1762, Fielding, Henry, Joseph Andrews, 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 39810224, page 128:
- […] she should be able to reason herself into a properer state; […]
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Adjective
properer
- comparative degree of proper
Adjective
properer
- inflection of proper:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Latin
Verb
properer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of properō