PROPOUNDS

Verb

propounds

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propound

Source: Wiktionary


PROPOUND

Pro*pound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Propounding.] Etym: [From earlier propone, L. proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See Position, and cf. Provost.]

1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. Shak. And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed Milton. It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. Coleridge.

2. (Eccl.)

Definition: To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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