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)

(transitive) 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)
French: proposer (fr)
Norwegian: framlegge, framsette