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Definition of Propound
1. Verb. Put forward, as of an idea.
Definition of Propound
1. v. t. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.
Definition of Propound
1. Verb. To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate. ¹
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Definition of Propound
1. to propose [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: propose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propound
Literary usage of Propound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... but they concluded, as they went, that not Mr By-ends, but old Mr Hold-
the-world, should propound the question to them, because, as they supposed, ..."
2. Forms of Ecclesiastical Law: Or, The Mode of Conducting Suits in the by Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law (1831)
"I. THIS term to propound all acts, according to the opinion of Term ... On the
day assigned to propound all acts in plenary suits, Term to and to hear ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... tors of the earlier will took out a decree calling on all fion °r persone
persons interested in the later paper to propound it, ..."
4. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"That it directs and enables a man to propound to himself the best end, viz.
The glory of God, and his own becoming like unto God. ..."
5. The New England Company of 1649 and John Eliot: The Ledger for the Years by George Parker Winship (1920)
"... to propound to the Corpor: let him draw it in ... Dl the same vnto Jon Hooper
That Mr Derham Doe propound in ..."
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