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Webster 1913 Edition
Propound
Pro-pound′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Propounded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Propounding
.] 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
To worship thee, accursed?
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.)
To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
Webster 1828 Edition
Propound
PROPOUND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To propose; to offer for consideration; as, to propound a rule of action. The existence of the church hath been propounded as an object of faith.
2.
To offer; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question.3.
In congregational churches, to propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church. Persons intending to make public profession of their faith, and thus unite with the church, are propounded before the church and congregation; that is, their intention is notified some days previous, for the purpose of giving opportunity to members of the church to object to their admission to such communion, if they see cause.Definition 2024
propound
propound
English
Verb
propound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)
- To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
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Translations
to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate