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Propose   /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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"Propose" Quotes from Famous Books



... make up society that he 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 ...
— Thomas Wingfold, Curate • George MacDonald
... the peace and safety of your person; Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image, And mock your workings in a second body. Question your royal thoughts, make the case yours; Be now the father and propose a son, Hear your own dignity so much profaned, See your most dreadful laws so loosely slighted, Behold yourself so by a son disdain'd; And then imagine me taking your part And in your power soft silencing your son: After this cold considerance, ...
— King Henry IV, Second Part • William Shakespeare [Chiswick edition]
... wishing to do so. Miss Todd had her weak points, but taking her as a whole, and striking the balance between good and bad, I do not care how soon we may meet her again. To her friends also we may bid adieu. Mr. M'Gabbery did not die of love. Mr. Pott did propose to and was accepted by Miss Jones; but the match was broken off by the parental Potts who on the occasion nearly frightened poor Mrs. Jones out of her life. The Hunters sojourned for awhile on the sides of Lebanon, but did at last return to the discomforts ...
— The Bertrams • Anthony Trollope
... decided," said Ralph, "I have a proposition to make to Herbert. I am rich, and have no one to share or inherit my wealth. I propose to adopt him—to give him an opportunity to complete his education in Europe, whither I propose going, and if some years hence you shall be willing to receive him, he can then enter your counting-room to learn ...
— Try and Trust • Horatio Alger
... and his head went up a little. "If I can't have you, no one else is going to take your place. But I shall never give up hope until you've actually married some other man. And meanwhile"—smiling a little—"I shall propose to you regularly and systematically, till you give me a different answer. I suppose"—tentatively—"you couldn't ...
— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler


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