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properation

properation noun: haste; hurrying.

Noun

properation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) haste; hurrying.
    • There is great preparation of this banquet, properation to it, participation of it.a. 1652, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet (sermon)
    • Often handling of the withering Flowre[…]is a properation of more swift decay.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin of properation

Latin properatio.

Questions about properation

What does properation mean?
Properation means haste; hurrying.
What part of speech is properation?
Properation is a noun.

Words near properation in the dictionary

  1. properad
  2. properadic
  3. properads
  4. properate
  5. properating
  6. properation
  7. properdin
  8. properer
  9. properest
  10. properidine
  11. properispome

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