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/prəpˈoʊz/ Listen

verb

Propose v. t. (past & past part. proposed; pres. part. proposing)

1.

To set forth. (Obs.) "That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce could lift it up."

2.

To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

3.

To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend. "I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England."

To propose to one's self, to intend; to design.

Propose v. i.

1.

To speak; to converse. (Obs.) "There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio."

2.

To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

3.

To offer one's self in marriage.

noun

Propose n. Talk; discourse. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Propose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Propose" Quotes from Famous Books

... therefore cast off the name and title of Christians, although the general opinion and resolution be so violent for it, I confess I cannot (with submission) apprehend the consequence necessary.[4] However, since the undertakers propose such wonderful advantages to the nation by this project, and advance many plausible objections against the system of Christianity, I shall briefly consider the strength of both, fairly allow them their greatest weight, and offer such answers as I think most ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III.: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I. • Jonathan Swift

... by the monarch; has advisory powers only) and a lower chamber or Majlis al-Shura (83 seats; members elected by limited suffrage, however, the monarch makes final selections and can negate election results; body has some limited power to propose legislation, but otherwise ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... himself, "this report shall not prevail four-and-twenty hours longer. I will propose for Lady Julia Lidhurst before I sleep. Russell, to be sure, advises me not to be precipitate—to take more time to study her disposition; but I am acquainted with her sufficiently;" (he should have said, I am in love with her sufficiently;) "and really now, I am bound ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. V - Tales of a Fashionable Life • Maria Edgeworth

... were neither deformed, sickly, nor idiotic, and you mean the same that I do. A given space of territory under given conditions will always maintain a certain number of human beings; therefore such a law as I propose would not mean that the number drawing the breath of heaven should, to take the instance before us in illustration, be two less, but that a certain two of them should not be such as he or she who passed now, creatures whose existence is a burden to them, but such ...

— Thomas Wingfold, Curate • George MacDonald

... Armand be doing in this part of the town, I asked myself? Did he propose to leave that priceless cabinet in this dingy quarter? And then I paused abruptly and slipped into an area-way, for the van had stopped some distance ahead and was backing up to ...

— The Mystery Of The Boule Cabinet - A Detective Story • Burton Egbert Stevenson

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