propice

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/pɹəˈpaɪs/

adjective

Fit; propitious.

OriginOld French propice →
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Meanings

adjectivepropice (comparative more propice, superlative most propice)

comparative more propice · superlative most propice

  1. obsoleteFit; propitious.

    Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.

    1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Thirde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 816

Origin

  1. Old Frenchpropice
  2. Englishpropice

From Old French propice. See propitious.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “propice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propice.

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