propice

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French propice. See propitious.

Adjective

propice (comparative more propice, superlative most propice)

1. (obsolete) fit; propitious

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “propice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• croppie

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pis/

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Adjective

propice (plural propices)

1. propitious; favorable
2. opportune

Further reading

• “propice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.