Home › Words › P › properationproperationproperation · noun — haste; hurrying.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyLatin properatio.nounhaste; hurrying.e.g.“There is great preparation of this banquet, properation to it, participation of it.” — a. 1652, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet (sermon):Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).