propound

English

Etymology

From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin proponere (“to put forward”), from pro- (“before”) + ponere (“to put”)

Verb

propound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)

1. To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
   • 2005, Plato, Lesley Brown (translator), Sophist, 243b:

     Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.

Related terms

• proponent
• propose

Translations

to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate

Finnish: esittää (fi), ehdottaa (fi) Norwegian: framlegge (no), framsette (no)

Portuguese: propor (pt)

See also

• exhort
• profess