Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Propound"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propounded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Propounding}.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere,
propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before
+ ponere to put. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.]
1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to
propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak.

And darest thou to the Son of God propound To
worship thee, accursed? --Milton.

It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to
propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel.
--Coleridge.

2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to
communion with a church.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

propound
v : put forward, as of an idea


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