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HONOR, Eng (law) and proper (iou)


HONOR, Eng (law)


HONOR, Eng. law. The seigniory of a lord paramount. 2 Bl. Com. 9f. HONOR, contr. To accept a bill of exchange; to pay a bill accepted, or a HONOR, contr. To accept a bill of exchange; to pay a bill accepted, or a promissory note, on the day it becomes due. 7 Taunt. 164; 1 T. R. 172. Vide promissory note, on the day it becomes due. 7 Taunt. 164; 1 T. R. 172. Vide To Dishonor. To Dishonor.

proper (iou)



proper adjective, noun, & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French propre from Latin proprius one's own, special, peculiar (to).]
A. adjective.
I.
Belonging to as a possession or quality, owned, own; intrinsic, inherent. Usually preceded by a possess. Now chiefly Science. ME.
Belonging or relating to distinctively or exclusively; particular, peculiar; special, individual. (Foll. by to.) ME.
P. Sipma A certain number of peculiarities in their system of vowels and consonants: these must have been proper to the original Anglo-Frisian language.
b. Of a name or noun: applicable to a particular individual person, animal, place, country, title, etc. (and usu. spelt with a capital letter). Opp. common. ME.
c. Physics. Measured as though stationary with respect to the observer. E20.
Heraldry. Represented in the natural colours rather than conventional tinctures. Usu. postpositive. L16.
Math. & Physics. [translating German eigen own, characteristic: see EIGEN-.]
a. Of an oscillation: = NORMAL adjective 5a. L19.
b. Of a function, value, etc.; that is an eigenfunction, eigenvalue, etc. M20.
II.
Strictly or accurately so called; genuine, true, real; regular, normal. Now freq. postpositive. ME.
P. Larkin Too much trouble to make a proper meal. B. Pym A kind of ante-room leading to the restaurant proper. A. Thwaite He had never had a proper microscope.
b. Math. Designating a subset, subgroup, etc., that does not constitute the entire set; group, etc.; spec. designating such a subgroup that has more than one element. E20.
Strictly belonging or applicable; strict, accurate, correct. LME.
Coleridge Felicity, in its proper sense, is..happiness.
b. Very, identical. rare. E16-M19.
a. Of good quality or character; excellent, admirable, fine. arch. LME.
b. Good-looking, handsome, attractive; elegant. dial. LME.
Answering fully to the description; thorough, complete, veritable. Now colloq. LME.
M. Binchy She was a proper little madam.
III.
Of requisite standard or type; fit, suitable, appropriate; fitting, right. ME.
J. Buchan A tailed coat..a garb..he thought proper for a country laird. R. Thomas Present your..accusations through the proper channels.
Conforming to recognized social standards or Etiquette; seemly, decent, decorous; (of a person) respectable, correct, esp. excessively so. M18.
E. J. Worboise I abominate your goody-goody, circumspect, infallibly-proper young lady. G. Santayana You can't talk to an elderly man about your love affairs; it wouldn't be proper.
Special collocations & phrases: Proper Bostonian = BRAHMIN 2. proper fraction Math. a fraction whose value is less than one, with the numerator less than the denominator. proper lesson Ecclesiastical: appointed for a particular day, occasion, or season. proper motion Astronomy the part of the apparent motion of a celestial object relative to the solar system due to its actual movement in space (i.e. allowing for the rotation of the earth parallax, and aberration). proper preface: see PREFACE noun 1. proper psalm Ecclesiastical: appointed for a particular day, occasion, or season. with all proper reserve: see RESERVE noun.
b. noun.
That which is one's own; a possession, one's property. LME-M16.
in proper in individual possession, as private property, as one's own, (opp. in common).
Ecclesiastical. An office or part of an office, as a psalm, lesson, etc., appointed for a particular occasion or season. Opp. COMMON noun 4. L15.
C. adverb. Properly; spec. extremely, very, thoroughly, completely; (of speech) in received pronunciation, correctly. Now dial. & colloq. LME.
K. S. Prichard They got proper wet out there. M. Allingham Teachin' me to speak proper. E. Waugh We couldn't bury him proper. M. Gee He will sort her out good and proper.