"prompose" meaning in English

See prompose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: promposes [present, singular, third-person], promposing [participle, present], promposed [participle, past], promposed [past]
Etymology: Blend of prom + propose, likely as a back-formation from promposal. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|prom|propose}} Blend of prom + propose, {{back-form|en|promposal|nocap=1}} back-formation from promposal Head templates: {{en-verb}} prompose (third-person singular simple present promposes, present participle promposing, simple past and past participle promposed)
  1. To ask someone to prom using a promposal.
    Sense id: en-prompose-en-verb-wvNM1K~5 Categories (other): English back-formations, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prompose meaning in English (1.7kB)

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