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  PROPERTY, n.  Any material thing, having no particular value, that may
  be held by A against the cupidity of B.  Whatever gratifies the
  passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others.  The
  object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. Properties. [OE. proprete, OF.
     propret['e] property, F. propret['e] neatness, cleanliness,
     propri['e]t['e] property, fr. L. proprietas. See Proper,
     a., and cf. Propriety.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a
        thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally
        essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property
        of sugar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar
              quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive
              with quality in general.              --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are
           distinguished to the three following classes: 1.
           Physical properties, or those which result from the
           relations of bodies to the physical agents, light,
           heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion,
           etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the
           composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color,
           luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness,
           density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of
           osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc.
           2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned
           by affinity and composition; thus, combustion,
           explosion, and certain solutions are reactions
           occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties
           are identical when there is identity of composition and
           structure, and change according as the composition
           changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a
           class which can not be included in either of the other
           two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact
           of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and
           smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in
           the manner of medicines and poisons.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by
        art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties
        which constitute excellence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing
        of a thing; ownership; title.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Here I disclaim all my paternal care,
              Propinquity and property of blood.    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Shall man assume a property in man?   --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his
        possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in
        lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or
        small property.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. pl. All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the
        dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I will draw a bill of properties.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] --Camden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Literary property. (Law) See under Literary.
  
     Property man, one who has charge of the ``properties'' of a
        theater.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Property \Prop"er*ty\, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They have here propertied me.         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
     1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  
              Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  
              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
  
     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
  
     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
  
              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
  
     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  
     6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
  
     Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
        claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
        or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
        to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
        goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
  
     Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
  
     Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; --
        opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of
        things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
        property not of a freehold nature.
  
     Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
        unity of the individual person, which is attested by
        consciousness.
  
     Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
        he, she, it, and their plurals.
  
     Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
        administrators of a person deceased.
  
     Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
        rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
        private property.
  
     Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
  
     Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
        inflected to correspond with the three persons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. Properties. [OE. proprete, OF.
     propret['e] property, F. propret['e] neatness, cleanliness,
     propri['e]t['e] property, fr. L. proprietas. See Proper,
     a., and cf. Propriety.]
     1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a
        thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally
        essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property
        of sugar.
  
              Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar
              quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive
              with quality in general.              --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
  
     Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are
           distinguished to the three following classes: 1.
           Physical properties, or those which result from the
           relations of bodies to the physical agents, light,
           heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion,
           etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the
           composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color,
           luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness,
           density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of
           osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc.
           2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned
           by affinity and composition; thus, combustion,
           explosion, and certain solutions are reactions
           occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties
           are identical when there is identity of composition and
           structure, and change according as the composition
           changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a
           class which can not be included in either of the other
           two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact
           of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and
           smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in
           the manner of medicines and poisons.
  
     2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by
        art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties
        which constitute excellence.
  
     3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing
        of a thing; ownership; title.
  
              Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity
              and property of blood.                --Shak.
  
              Shall man assume a property in man?   --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Property \Prop"er*ty\, v. t.
     1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.]
  
              They have here propertied me.         --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  
  
        Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.]
  
              Many are perfect in men's humors that are not
              greatly capable of the real part of business.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
     4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical
        value or meaning; not imaginary.
  
     5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable,
        as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in
        distinction from personal or movable property.
  
     Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or
        savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See
        Chattel.
  
     Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real
        property.
  
     Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the
        heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor.
  
     Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the
        owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of
        the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from
        payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or
        recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction
        thereof. --Blackstone.
  
     Real estate or property, lands, tenements, and
        hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property;
        property in houses and land. --Kent. --Burrill.
  
     Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body
        and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of
        the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and
        blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches
        there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however
        in the sense of transubstantiation.
  
     Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil
        Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another
        estate of another proprietor. --Erskine. --Bouvier.
  
     Syn: Actual; true; genuine; authentic.
  
     Usage: Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a
            substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary,
            occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed;
            and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we
            often say, ``It actually exists,'' ``It has actually
            been done.'' Thus its really is shown by its actually.
            Actual, from this reference to being acted, has
            recently received a new signification, namely,
            present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what
            is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a
            present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment.
  
                  For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
                  Contracts the danger of an actual fault.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
                  Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the
                  reality of things.                --Locke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  property
       n 1: any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this
            place?"; "the president was concerned about the property
            across from the White House" [syn: place]
       2: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that
          is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a
          man of property"; [syn: belongings, holding, material
          possession]
       3: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a
          class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic
          particles"
       4: a construct whereby objects or individuals can be
          distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing
          property" [syn: attribute, dimension]
       5: any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or
          movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of
          props" [syn: prop]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η ιδιοκτησία
     2 (''(countable: 0=-), συνήθως στον πληθυντικό, (ετ επίσημο en
  0=-)'') η ιδιότητα, ένα χαρακτηριστικό που έχει κάτι
     3 (ετ αντπρο en) διεπαφή ((l interface en)) για την διαχείριση
  κάποιου χαρακτηριστικό ((l attribute en)) ενός αντικειμένου με την χρήση
  μέθοδος ((l method en)), οι οποίες συνήθως είναι οι μέθοδοι μέθοδος
  προσπέλασης ((l getter method en getter)) και μέθοδος μεταλλαγής ((l
  setter method en setter)). Βοηθάει στην αναγνωσιμότητα του κώδικας γιατί
  χρησιμοποιεί τη σημειογραφία τελείας ((l dot notation en)) αντί για
  δυσανάγνωστες έκφραση μεθόδων.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     n.
     Something that is owned.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     n.
     Something that is owned.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     n.
     Something that is owned.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     n.
     Something that is owned.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     Englanti n.
     1 omaisuus
     2 kiinteistö, tilukset, maatila
     3 omistaminen, omistusoikus
     4 ominaisuus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  property
     Engelska n.
     1 egendom; vad som ägs av någon
     2 egendom; ett landområde som ägs av en viss person
     3 egenskap

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/
  1. plaas, boereplaas
  2. besit, besitting

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Property /pɹˈɒpəti/
  الملكية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  property //ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti// //ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti// /[ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ɾi]/ 
  1. свойство
  an attribute characteristic of a class of objects
  2. реквизит
  an object used in a dramatic production
  3. ка́чество, сво́йство
  attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept
  4. со́бственост
  exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing
  5. имот
  piece of real estate
  6. притежание, со́бственост
  something owned

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/
  jmění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/
  vlastnictví

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/
  majetek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/ 
  vlastnost

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  property /pɹˈɒpəti/ 
  eiddo