in proper

prepositional phrase

Individually; privately.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. obsoleteIndividually; privately.

    the princes found they could not have that in proper which God made to be common

    1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC
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APA

in proper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20proper

MLA

“in proper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20proper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in proper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20proper.

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