verb
propound
Propound (verb) means to suggest an idea so that people can think and talk about it.
verb
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To suggest an idea so that people can think and talk about it.
"Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind."
— Plato, translated by Lesley Brown (2005)
"A Mormon tribunal will try a woman whose national campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment is said to be undermining the church. Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine.""
— , Mormon Tribunal To Try Feminist (1979)
"Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year."
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Etymology
It goes back to Middle English proponen ("to put forward"), itself from Latin prōpōnere ("to put forward"), made up of prō- ("before") and pōnere ("to put"). It is a doublet of propose, and compare also expound.
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What is the meaning of propound?
"propound" (verb) means to suggest an idea so that people can think and talk about it.
What is another word for propound?
Other words for "propound" include broach, maintain, offer, declare, propose, advance.
