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Same as Proleg.

ward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

One who, or that which, propels.

a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow.

Propensity. [R.]

Inclining forward or toward. South.

Same as Propylene.

Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.

The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

See Persinogen.

A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

Belonging to one; one's own; individual. "His proper good" [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. "My proper son." Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. Dryden.

To hasten, or press forward. [Obs.]

The act of hastening; haste. [Obs.] T. Adams.

Properispomenon.

A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton.

The quality of being proper.