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Definition of Propounds
1. propound [v] - See also: propound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propounds
Literary usage of Propounds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... which propounds a certain rationalistic spiritualism. Though a civil magistrate
and a partisan of the Ligue, his writings exhibit him as one of the ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"In looking at the probabilities of the situation, we must remember that Mr.
Lincoln propounds rather an aim than a plan. Such is the fair, moderate and ..."
3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden (1904)
"Captain D. Niven, an, Engineer Officer, propounds Certain Questions to Governor
Clinton Concerning Pay and Clothing. Fort Clinton, Nov. 22, 1781. ..."
4. History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to by Alden Bradford (1840)
"The sentiments to which I have referred, propounds that State sovereignty is only
to he controlled by its own "feeling of justice;" that is to say, ..."
5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1859)
"... the people,our Lord immediately propounds the same question to the disciples,
somewhat abbreviated Xeque ..."
6. Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and by Joseph Hartwell Barrett (1864)
"Douglas Produces a Bogus Platform, and propounds Interrogatories.— "Unfriendly
Legislation."—Lincoln Fully Defines His Position on the Slavery Question. ..."
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