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propound


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  propound 
  v  :  put  forward,  as  of  an  idea 




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