Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put forward for consideration; set forth. synonym: propose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put forward; offer for consideration; offer; put or set, as a question; propose.
- Among Congregationalists, to propose or name as a candidate for admission to membership in a church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose
- transitive verb (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To put
forward ; tooffer fordiscussion ordebate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put forward, as of an idea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The network and commentators have no rules other than to propound the Republican talking points.
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Stoke's success in reaching their first FA Cup final will not please those who believe that history began 20 years ago, with the founding of the Premier League, or who propound the tiresome belief that the only way to play football in the 21st century is by trying to copy Barcelona.
Elegance of George Eastham embellished Stoke City's neutral appeal | Richard Williams 2011
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By doing so, the Palestinians have jeopardized prospects for negotiations aimed at creating their state in order to propound a principle of a settlement freeze that would be irrelevant should talks succeed.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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But we somehow feel obligated to spend time explaining away Scripture texts that propound notions that have long-since become moot (e.g., dietary laws that protected desert tribes lacking refrigeration) or are truly repugnant (e.g., Paul's views of women and slaves) at the expense of preaching vivid depictions of God's will in action today.
Eliot Daley: Killing the Church by Denigrating the Immediacy of God Eliot Daley 2011
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They've ceded the field to authors of speculative fiction, such as William Gibson and Cory Doctorow, whose hacker and brand-ninja characters exist primarily to explain or propound ideas about bleeding-edge technology, or thriller writers who concoct ingenious but outlandish tales about the potential nightmares lurking in same.
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Between Lord Snooty and Fat Al there are a number of amusing and attractive broadcasters, provided you realise that the views they propound are for amusement only – which was not a problem for me this year.
My bad luck at cards paid dividends at the Cheltenham Festival | Martin Kelner 2011
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By doing so, the Palestinians have jeopardized prospects for negotiations aimed at creating their state in order to propound a principle of a settlement freeze that would be irrelevant should talks succeed.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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By doing so, the Palestinians have jeopardized prospects for negotiations aimed at creating their state in order to propound a principle of a settlement freeze that would be irrelevant should talks succeed.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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By doing so, the Palestinians have jeopardized prospects for negotiations aimed at creating their state in order to propound a principle of a settlement freeze that would be irrelevant should talks succeed.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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It is equally ironic and hypocritical that the "Hindus" who champion this censorship also propound that "Hinduism" is a robust and muscular tradition that can win any battle against imagined enemies historical or contemporary, real or otherwise yet they must nonetheless censor anything or anybody that threatens their delusion.
Deepak Sarma: Intolerant Hindus, Censorship And Mohaśāstras (Confusing Texts) Deepak Sarma 2011
ThatsBaloneyMan commented on the word propound
"Of all the riddles of a married life, said my father, crossing the landing, in order to set his back against the wall, whilst he propounded it to my uncle Toby-----of all the puzzling riddles, said he, in a marriage state..." ---Tristram Shandy
March 16, 2013