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propound
[pruh-pound]
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
to propound a theory.
propound
/ əˈ貹ʊԻ /
verb
to suggest or put forward for consideration
English law
to produce (a will or similar instrument) to the proper court or authority in order for its validity to be established
(of an executor) to bring (an action to obtain probate) in solemn form
Other Word Forms
- propounder noun
- unpropounded adjective
- ˈdzܲԻ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of propound1
Word History and Origins
Origin of propound1
Example Sentences
So does Noam Chomsky on the far left, propounding a few historical distortions along the way.
"And no matter what you may think, Mr. Kennedy. And I revere your name. You're not here to propound your case for censorship," Connolly said.
While he propounded a number of groundbreaking if sometimes controversial theories, Professor Lucas was best known for his hypothesis of “rational expectations,” advanced in the early 1970s in a critique of macroeconomics.
And it ends with one of them stepping on a butterfly and changing the course of history — 20 years before the chaos theoretician Edward Norton Lorenz propounded the “butterfly effect.”
Global Britain, as propounded by Mr. Johnson, was meant to evoke a Britain, unshackled from Brussels, that could be agile and opportunistic, a lightly regulated, free-trading powerhouse.
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