Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hasten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To hasten, or press forward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
hasten orpress forward .
Etymologies
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Latin properatus, past participle of properare to hasten.
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Examples
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admonet: occurras non rogo sed iubeo. sit tecum coniunx, duo nunc properate: sed illud
An Invitation 1912
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