"propound" meaning in English

See propound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /prəˈpaʊnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-propound.wav Forms: propounds [present, singular, third-person], propounding [participle, present], propounded [participle, past], propounded [past]
Etymology: From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), from prō- (“before”) + pōnere (“to put”). Doublet of propose. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|proponen||to put forward}} Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), {{der|en|la|prōpōnere||to put forward}} Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), {{doublet|en|propose}} Doublet of propose Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: put forward, advance, offer, propose Related terms: proponent, propose, propone Translations (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate): излагам (izlagam) (Bulgarian), предлагам за разглеждане (predlagam za razgleždane) (Bulgarian), 提出 (tíchū) (Chinese Mandarin), esittää (Finnish), ehdottaa (Finnish), proposer (French), vorlegen (German), vorschlagen (German), framlegge (Norwegian), framsette (Norwegian), postulować [imperfective] (Polish), propor (Portuguese), predložiti (Serbo-Croatian), proponirati (Serbo-Croatian), proponer (Spanish), lägga fram (Swedish), пропонувати (proponuvaty) (Ukrainian), висувати (vysuvaty) (alt: на обговорення) (Ukrainian)

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