properistoma 
The lip of the primitive mouth of a gastrula. 
Also propcriHtome. 
At the thickened edges of the gastrula, the primitive 
. . . properistmna, the endoderm and the exoderm pass 
into each other. llaeckel, Evol. Anim. (trans.), I. jo. 
proper istomal (pro-per'i-sto-mal), a. [< pro- 
l>< -rirtioHia + -a/.] Pertaining to a properistoma. 
properistome (pro-per'i-stom), n. [< NL. pro- 
ptrtttoma, q. v.] Same as properistoma. 
properly (prop'er-li), adv. [< ME. properly, 
propn Ti/, propreliche; <. proper + -ly' 2 .] It. In 
one s own manner, speech, action, etc. 
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In the broader sense, a right of action in property; so Is a 
mere right to use or poMeu. If It be a right as against the 
general owner, but Is usually termed ipeeial property, to 
distinguish it from the right of the general owner, which 
exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a 
thing. See bailment, and US**, 1. 
Ne truste no wight to linden In Fortune 
Ay properte; hlr giftes ben coinuue. 
Chaucer, Trollus, IT. 392. 
Jack has an unresisting good nature, which makes him 
incapable of having a property In any thing. 
Stecle, Spectator, No. 82. 
,er, speech, action, etc. The luea of pro ^ y Mng . right to 
Ne though I speke here wordes properly. Locke, Human Understanding IV III 18. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 729. /Vor**,, . . . denote. In everv state of aorl,,,. th. I 
2. In a proper manner; with propriety ; fitly; 
suitably; correctly: as, a word projierly ap- 
plied ; a dress properly adjusted. 
"I'arfay," quath Pacience, "propreliche to telle 
In English, hit is ful harde.'' 
Pien Plomnan (C\ xvlL 119. 
Ignorance of forms cannot property be styled 111 manners. 
.fni.it. Ciood Manners. 
3. To a high degree ; quite; entirely; exceed- 
ingly; extremely. [Colloq.] 
All which I did assure my lord was most properly false 
and nothing like It true. Pepyn, Diary, July 14, 184. 
Father . . . gave me a wipe . . . on the side of my 
face that knocked me over and hurt me properly. 
Haliliurton, Sam Slick In England, xxvl. (Bartlett) 
Abbreviated prop. 
Properly speaking, (a) In the correct or strict sense. 
(6) Speaking without qualification, 
properness (prop'er-nes), w. [<propcr + -HM.] 
The character of being proper, in any sense of 
that word. 
'Slight, sir! yonder Is a lady veil'd, 
For properties* lieyond comparison, 
And, sure, her face Is like the rest ; we'll see 't. 
Fletcher (and another) Love's Pilgrimage, Iv. 1. 
propertied (prop'er-tid), a. [<proprrty + -t<P.] 
Possessed of property. 
An Institution devoted ... to tin- propertied and satis- 
fled classes generally. 
M. Arnold, Last Essays, Church of England. 
The loyal and propertied part of the community. 
Qladttone, Nineteenth Century, XXII. 458. 
property (prop'er-ti), . ; pi. properties (-tiz). 
[< ME. pronertee, properte, proprete, propirte, 
propitrte, < OF. properte, propriety, fitness, 
property, < L. proprieta(t-)ii, a peculiarity, pe- 
culiar nature or quality, right or fact of posses- 
sion, property, < propriux, special, particular, 
one's own: seeproper. Cf. propriety, a doublet 
of property.} 1. Any character always present 
in an individual or a class; an essential attri- 
bute; a peculiar quality; loosely, any quality 
or characteristic. 
It Is the propertie of a wyse buylder to vse such tooles as 
the woorke requlreth. 
Jl. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. 57). 
Delectable and pleasant conversation, whose property is 
to move a kindly delight. B. Joiaon, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. 
But Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always 
to have mercy. 
Book o/ Common Prayer, Communion Office, Prayer of 
[Humble Access. 
Property Is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality ; but 
It Is frequently used as co-extensive with quality in gen- 
eral, sir W. Hamilton. 
Strictly speaking, we ought to confine the term property 
to Bodies, not to Hatter; for an abstraction can nave no 
properties; and it is the bodies which severally manifest 
the qualities. 
O. H. Lewen, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iv. ( 42. 
Soft Iron loses almost all magnetic properties at a red 
heat. AOrimon, tr. of Mascart and Joubert, I. 3S4. 
2. Iii logic, a character which belongs to the 
whole of a species, and to nothing else, but not 
to the essence or definition. 
Propretie Is a natnrall promenesse and manerof dooyng 
whiche agrceth to one klnde :unl t<> (lie same onely and 
that evermore. H'tiwn, Rule of Reason (1551). 
What is propertie > It Is a natural Inclination or property 
Incident to one special kind; which is to be undeist 1 
mm iminnerof wali-s. First, it Is called propriiim. which 
Is proper to one onely kind, as to be a poet or musician is 
proper to man, but not to every man : secondly It Is called 
proper that belongeth to all the kind, hut not to that kind 
alone ; thirdly, It is said to be proper when it belongeth to 
one onely kind and to all that kind, but yet not alwayei, as 
to be bare-headed or bald is proper to man in old age, but 
yet not al wales : fourthly, it is said to be proper, or rather 
i"' si proper, which Is Incident to one kind alone, to all 
Unit kind, and alwales, as to have a natural aptnesse to 
laugh or to speake Is proper to man onely, to every man 
and alwaies, and therefore this kind of property Is said to 
be convertible with the kind wherennto It beiongcth. as 
whatsoever hath naturally power to speuke or laugh the 
same is 111:111. an<l w 1 * 
to speake or laugh. 
Property . . . denotes In every state of society the larg- 
est powers of exclusive use or exclusive control over things 
(and sometimes, unfortunately, over persons) which the 
law accords, or which custom, In that state of society rec- 
ogniies. J. s. Mill, Socialism, p. 129. 
4. A thing or things subject to ownership ; any- 
thing that may be exclusively possessed and en- 
joyed; chattels and land; possessions. 
vate property. QrtciUt, Memoirs, Jan. 8, 1423. 
It was the misfortune of my friend ... to hare em- 
barked his property In large speculations. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. r.. 
English political economy and English popular notions 
are very deeply and extensively pervaded by the assump- 
tion that all property has been acquired through an ori- 
ginal transaction of purchase, and that, whatever be the 
disadvantages of the form It takes, they were allowed for 
In the consideration for the original safe. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 326. 
5. A thing required for some peculiar or spe- 
cific use, as a tool; an accessory; specifically, 
in theaters, a stage requisite, as any article of 
costume or furniture, or other appointment, 
necessary to be produced in a scene (in this 
specific sense used also attributively). 
This devil Plmtinns 
Kmploys me as a properly, and, grown useless, 
Will shake me off again. 
r'letcher (and another). False One, v. 3. 
To hire some of our propertiri : as a sceptre and crown 
for Jove ; and a caduceus for Mercury. 
B. Jontvn, Poetaster, Iv. 2. 
Not to be of any I'se or Consequence In the World as 
to your self, but merely as a Property to others. 
Steele, Tender Husband, L 1. 
I had seen many rehearsals, and sometimes got a peep 
at the play, having been taken on "In irmt" ** property 
child In groups of happy peasantry. 
J. Je/erton, Autoblog. , 1. 
of. Propriety. 
Our poets excel In grandity and gravity, smoothness and 
property. In quickness and briefness. Camden. 
7. Individuality; that which constitutes an in- 
dividual. [Rare.] 
Property was thus appalled 
Tliat the self was not the same. 
Shot., Phoenix and Turtle, 1. 37. 
8. A cloak or disguise. Halliicell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Hadst thon so cheap opinion of my birth, 
My breeding, or my fortunes, that none else 
Could serve for property of your lust but I? 
Shirley, Wedding, 1. S. 
Anharmonic, community, corporeal, descriptive 
property. See the qualifying words. Cotes's proper- 
ties of the circle. See circle. De Moivre's property 
of the circle, see circle. Discussion of property 
s n*-<i**inn. Focal, Individual, etc., property. Bee 
the adjectives. Mixed subjects Of property. See 
mtxerfi. Movable property. Same as pemonal property 
- Perishable, personal, private property. See the ad- 
jectlves. Property in action, ownership without pos- 
session, but with the present right of possession enforce- 
able by action. In the broadest sense the term may Include 
any right of action for money or other property. Compare 
chote in action, under chose?. Property qualification 
See qualification. Qualified property, a limited right 
of ownership, (a) Such right as a man has In wild animals 
which he has reclaimed. Also called medal property, 
(b) Such right as a bailee has in the chattel transferred to 
him by the bailment. Real property. See real. Spe- 
cial property. Same as qualified property (a\ = Syn. 1 
, 
possessions, wealth Property Is the general word for those 
material things which are one's own, whether for sale or 
not. Effects applies to personal property, viewed as In- 
eluding the things even of least value. Chattel: comprises 
prophesy 
I am too high-born to be propertied, 
To be a. secondary at control. 
Or useful serving-man and Instrument. 
Shot., K John, T. 2. 7. 
property-man (prop'er-ti-man), u. A person 
employed in a theater and having the charge 
of stage properties. 
At the death of Peer, the property man at this theatre 
the liuardlan extracted much fun from a catalogue of 
articles under his care. 
AiMi,,i, Social Life In Reign of Queen Anne, II. 16. 
property-master (prop'er-ti-mas'ter), n. In a 
theater, a person who superintends the making, 
storage, and use of stage properties; a bead 
property-man. 
While the property matter and his men were fashioning 
the god Talepulka, the scenic artist had sketched and 
modelled the scenery of the open. 
Seribner'i Mag., IV. 440. 
F ^-op'er-ti-plot), H. In a theater, 
5e accessories required in the produc- 
tion of a play. 
rn (prop'er-ti-rBm), H. The room 
in which the stage properties are 
property-tax (prop'er-ti-taks), n. A direct tax 
imposed on the property of individuals, amount- 
ing to a certain percentage on the estimated 
value of their property. 
prophanet, prophanelyt, etc. Obsolete spell- 
ings of profune, etc. 
prophasis (prof'a-sis), H. [NL., < Gr. irptfaiaic, 
that which appears, a motive, a pretext, < jrpo- 
faiyeiv, show forth, manifest, < vp6, forth, + 
ipaivetv, show, faivtoOat, appear: see phase.] In 
med., prognosis; foreknowledge of the course 
of a disease. 
prophecy (prof'e-si), H. ; pi. prophecies (-siz). 
[< ME. prophecy, prophccie, profccye, < OF. 
prophecie, prophetie, P. prophetic = Sp. profecia 
= Pg. propheciti = It. projezia, < LL. prophetta 
(ML. also proplieeia), < Gr. jr/jo^re/a, the gift of 
interpreting the will of the gods, in N. T. in- 
spired discourse, prediction (see def. 2), < irpo- 
firnveiv, prophesy, predict, < KpoQqnK, a prophet: 
see prophet.} 1. Inspired discourse ; specifical- 
ly, in Christian theol., discourse flowing from the 
revelation and impulse of the Holy Spirit. 
Sone a lew stode vp In hy, 
And thus he said thurgh prophecy. 
Holy llootl (E. E. T. S.), p. 8S. 
The rest of the acts of Solomon, . . . are they not writ- 
ten In the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy 
of Ahijah? 2 Chron. Ix. -ft. 
For the prophecy came not In old time by the will of 
man, but holy men of Ood spake as they were moved by 
the Holy Ghost. 2 Pet 1. 21. 
2. A prediction; declaration of something to 
come; especially, a foretelling under divine in- 
spiration. 
In them Is fulfilled the prophecy of Esalaa. Mat xlil. 14. 
A prophecy, which says that O 
Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be. 
Shot., Rich. III., i. 1. 89. 
3f. Interpretation of Scripture; religious ex- 
hortation or instruction. 
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother 
taught him. PTOV. xxxL I. 
Mr. Wilson, praying and exhorting the congregation to 
love, *c., commended to them the exercise of prophecy In 
his absence. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 6O. 
4. In liturgies: (a) A lection from the Old 
Testament, especially a eucharistic or missal 
lection ; also, a lection in the Mozarabic daily 
office, and in the Greek Church at sabbath 
vespers on certain festivals. (6) The canti- 
cle ^enedictus (Luke i. 68-79) as sung in the 
Gallican liturgy, afterward displaced by the 
Gloria in Excelsis.= Syn. 1. Divination, etc. See 
prediction. 
prophecy-monger (prof 'e-ei-mung'ger), n. One 
who deals in prophecies : so called in contempt. 
The English (are) observed by forrainers to be the great- 
est pri^hfcy-mongert, and, whilst the Devil knows their 
diet, they shall never want a dish to please the palate. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., IV. II. 46. (Davia.) 
Includes a merchant's stock-in-trade, or ones movable 
property of any sort. Want are manufactured articles 
especially of the heavier sort, as earthemmrr, wooden- 
tcare. Commoditiei are such movable articles as are ne- 
cessities of life, and have a money value. Jlerchandite la 
the general word for articles of trade. 
3. The right to the use or enjoyment or the 
beneficial right of disposal of anything thftl can 
be the subject of ownership; ownership: es- 
tate; especially, ownership of tangible things. 
propertyt (prop'er-ti). r. t. [< property, .] 
1. To invest with (certain) properties or quali- 
ties. 
His voice was propertied 
As all the tuned spheres. Shale.. A. and C., v. 2. 8.1. 
2. To make a property or tool of; appropri- 
ate. 
One who prophesies < 
Saynt Dauyd of Wales, the great archebishopof Meneula, 
had many pritpheriera and manye angels sent afore to gene 
warning of his comming . . . yeares ere he was borne. 
Bp. Bale, English Votaries, L 
The counterfeit module has deceived me like a double- 
meaning prophetifr. Shot., Alls Well, iv. S. 115. 
prophesy (prof '<>-si).r.; pret.and pp .pro/ilifxinl. 
ppr. BTMMMyfiif, [Formerly al.-n /'}-n/,li,,-i/, < 
late ME. pniplnrie, proliry: < Jffypftttjr, n. The 
orig. long final syllable', having retained it* 
ai-'-i'iit. though now secondary, has undergone 
the usual change of long acce'litcd ME. i. u in 
