propound

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What we propound, and loud that all may hear.

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  1. transitive verb To put forward for consideration; set forth. See Synonyms at propose.

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  • S. C. B. The questions his readers propound are sometimes very amusing. —  Our Friend John Burroughs
  • They had no theories to propound, no suggestions to offer. —  Shroud for a Nightingale
  • But he was thus enabled to propound, while explaining the Psalms, the fundamental principles of that doctrine of salvation which for some years past had taken such hold on his inmost thoughts and so engrossed his theological studies. —  Life of Luther
  • He wished simply to propound the revealed word of God, by explaining the books of the Old and New Testaments; though he took pains in these lectures, in which he devoted several terms to the study of a single book, to explain thoroughly and impressively the most important doctrines of Christian faith and conduct. —  Life of Luther
  • But that doesn't mean that all ideas are equally valid (an assertion which the universe emphatically and consistently refutes), or that we welcome with open arms any idea that anyone cares to propound, whether or not they can make a sound case for it. —  AnalogSFF,June2006
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  1. Alteration of propoune, from Middle English proponen, from Latin prōpōnere, to set forth; see propose.

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  1. With unorig. -d, for earlier propoune, variant of propone, from Latin proponere, set forth, place before: see propone. Cf. compound, expound.
 

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