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† ˈproperate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. proper-āre to hasten, f. proper-us quick.]
1. intr. To hasten, to go quickly.
1623Cockeram, Properate, to hasten. 1632Vicars Virgil ii. 43 A while to keep off death, which properates. [1767A. Campbell Lexiph. (1774) 64 Misocapelus, Captator, Eubulus, and Quisquilius properated before, with a rapid oscitancy. (Here a burlesque of pedantic language.)]
2. trans. To hasten; to quicken the growth of.
1675Evelyn Terra (1676) 109 Some [salts]..are..deadly to plants..others properate [them] too fast; and some are sluggish, and scarce advance them at all. |