PROXIME
Prox"ime, a. Etym: [L. proximus. See Proximate.]
Defn: Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]
PROXIMIOUS
Prox*im"i*ous, a.
Defn: Proximate. [Obs.]
PROXIMITY
Prox*im"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. proximitas: cf. F. proximité See
Proximate, and cf. Propinquity, Approach.]
Defn: The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.
PROXIMO
Prox"i*mo. Etym: [L., on the next, abl. of proximus next.]
Defn: In the next month after the present; — often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.
PROXY
Prox"y, n.; pl. Proxies. Etym: [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.