Today's Word "propound"
To offer for consideration
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propound \pruh-POWND\ (transitive verb) - To offer for consideration; to put forward; to propose.
"So they called after them, and they stopped and stood still till they came up to them; but they concluded as they went, not that Mr. By-ends, but old Mr. Hold-the-World, should propound the question to them, because, as they supposed, their answer to him would be without the remainder of that heat that was kindled betwixt Mr. By-ends and them at their parting a little before." -- John Bunyan, 'The Pilgrim's Progress
Propound is a variation of earlier propone, from Latin proponere, "to set forth, to propose," from pro, "for, before, in favor of" + ponere, "to put."
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