propound

From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), from prō- (“before”) + pōnere (“to put”). Doublet of propose.

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propound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)

1. (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

   Synonyms: put forward, advance, offer, propose

   Coordinate terms: exhort, profess

   • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 11:

     “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

   • 1979 December 1, “Mormon Tribunal To Try Feminist”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 2:

     A Mormon tribunal will try a woman whose national campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment is said to be undermining the church. Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine."

   • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 243b:

     Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.

   • 2019 May 4, Theodore Kuper, “Whiteshift: Identity Politics in an Era of Demographic Change”, in National Review‎:

     Summarizing the history of the immigration debates in the U.S., Kaufmann sees in Bourne and his followers many of the same arguments advanced today by proponents of liberal immigration laws, who, he says, encourage racial minorities to celebrate their culture while propounding anti-racist norms that discourage whites from doing the same.

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