propoundv.

Brit.

/prəˈpaʊnd/, U.S.

/prəˈpaʊnd/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s propounde, 1500s– propound, 1600s propond (Scottish), 1600s propownd.

β. 1500s propoune, 1500s propowne; Scottish pre-1700 propoin, pre-1700 propoun, pre-1700 propoune.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: propone v.

Etymology: Alteration or variant of propone v., perhaps after compound v., expound v.

a. transitive. To put forward, set forth, propose, or offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; to put forward as a question for solution. Also with clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration

puta1350

purposea1382

propone1402

motion1505

exhibit1529

propound?1531

prefer1539

raise1566

to put forward1569

broach1579

start1579

offer1583

propose1614

first1628

to put it to a person1664

moot1685

suppose1771

pose1862

to put up1901

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)]

laya1387

proposea1398

stirc1400

move1452

propound?1531

broach1579

start1579

moot1685

to set up1697

argument1747

α.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. c5 The fourth reason is propounded in the viii. chaptre.

1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Compar. Olde Learnynge & Newe sig. eviii He that doth threaten a payn, doth propound & set forth, a law, & counselleth not.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xiiij To treate, what conditions should be propounded to the Emperour.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. x. 46 An Image-maker, and propounded his Images..as Gods to be worshipped.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 28 They propounded Articles of peace and friendship.

1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible ix. 67 The first is only a Vagous way of Disputation, propounding now one thing, now another.

a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 63 To answer such questions as they shall propound to you.

1745 E. Gay Char. & Work of Good Ruler 24 This is agreeable to the Apostle's Rule of Judgment propounded in 2 Cor. 10. 18.

1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 19 When we propounded this difficulty to them, they gave us no other answer than, So maar, Baas! This is our way, Master!

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 171 The most extensive scheme of constitutional reform yet propounded.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 224 No one, to my knowledge, has propounded such an idea.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 298 My unsocial neighbour startled me..by gravely propounding that he [sc. Scott] was not a Christian.

1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. vii. 53 To discuss a topic or a view propounded by one of us.

1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 8 Feb. 332/1 Criteria for human trials, particularly in prison inmates, were propounded in the Nuremberg Code.

2003 Independent 17 Feb. 16/4 The Roman Catholic members..respected him as a bishop speaking out of his own Anglican tradition rather than propounding personal theories.

β. ?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. B4 For in the begynnynge that lawe semeth to propoune and lymytte certayne poyntes and circumstaunces, without the whiche that lawe ware no lawe.1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 30^v At the whyche assemble the curate wolde propowne and declare them fyrste thys texte of Paule.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 46 A certain person had propouned an harde reedle.1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 182 Without anie question propowned to her at all.a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 38 Who..speeke nothing against the doctrine propouned.

†b. transitive. Law. To bring forward (an allegation, pleading, etc.) in a cause. Also intransitive. Cf. propone v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > bring a charge [verb (intransitive)]

to bring in or lay an indictment1303

to call upon ——1448

accuse1546

propound1576

prosecute1611

to call on ——a1616

to lay an information1838

charge1891

society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [verb (transitive)] > institute proceedings

stage1671

to bring to, keep on the stage1681

promote1685

propound1685

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 95 If any [person] of the same townes, had cause to complaine of any..he should be at Shipwey to propounde against him.

1608 J. Panke Fal of Babel sig. A3 No aduersary daring to propound against either of them.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 58 And in these Processes, the nearest of Kin are called, who may propound against both relevancy and probation, whatever was competent to the Defunct.

1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts (1700) i. iii. §1. 11 If the Plaintiff..does [not] propound any dilatory matter, to hinder the giving of Sentence.

1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts vi. xii. §1 This Allegation is to be propounded jointly and severally, and is to be admitted as in other Causes.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 251 Quad[r]uplications, which the Defendant propounds to the Plaintiffs Triplications.

†c. intransitive. To make or put forward a proposal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)]

motion1509

refer1572

propound1598

dogmatize1613

suggesta1616

spitball1955

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. iv. 145 He [sc. Claudius] propounded in Senate touching the colledge of southsayers, least that the most auncient discipline of Italie should come to naught by slothfulnes.

1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. F3 To propound, not to conclude, is the destinie of man.

†2. transitive. To hold up or set before a person as an example, reward, aim, etc. Cf. propose v. 2c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer as a reward

proponea1500

propound?1536

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration > as example, plan, etc.

propound?1536

propone1555

propose1614

?1536 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Ryght Frutefull Epyst. Prayse of Matrymony sig. C.viii Neyther dare I here propound vnto you those plesures whyche (wheras they be naturally moste sweete to man) yet (I can nat tell how..they be dyssembled, rather than despysed.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. i. sig. Q j Of either I minde to propound an example, although one rule suffise them bothe.

1609 Sir R. Shirley in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 95 Kings themselues propound great gifts and rewards.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 67 If a man propound a Prize to him that comes first to the end of a race, The gift is Free.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 1 Know then, I propound five ends to my self in this Book.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. v. 14 The great End we propound in all the Good Works which we perform.

3. transitive. To propose or nominate (a person) for an office or position, or for membership of a church, society, etc. Cf. propose v. 4c. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > nominate for acceptance as member

propound1573

propose1770

to put up1840

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate

purposea1382

nominate1560

propound1573

to put up1573

propose1675

run1765

to hold up1813

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 The Pensionars were also forthwith propoundid.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 107 They first propounded Cherisophus for an Ambassadour.

a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) I. 131 He was then (with his wife) propounded to be admitted a member [of the church].

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 163 His name..is by the Secretary set down..with the name of him who propounded him, and the set of Electors he was of.

1803 T. W. Williams Cases Argued & Determined V. 267 The new rules for regulating the town of Galway..require that they should be first approved by the common-council, and propounded to be elected at the Tholsell.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. vii. 63 Nor shall any person be chosen newly into the magistracy, which was not propounded in some general court before, to be nominated the next election.

1863 R. B. Kimball Was he Successful? (1864) 25 In due course he was propounded and admitted into the church.

1914 Z. M. McGhee Christian Baptism (ed. 3) 37 A young man was propounded for admission to one of our churches.

2003 F. J. Bremer John Winthrop 220 Having impressed the members, he was propounded for membership, admitted, and then shortly thereafter elected to the ministerial office of teacher.

†4.

a. transitive. To put forward as a plan or course of action; = propose v. 1c. Frequently with clause or infinitive as object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)]

suggest1526

prepose?1541

propose1566

propound1585

offer1660

vote1698

suppose1762

1585 R. Lane Let. 8 Sept. in Trans. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 14 Hee not only purposed, but even propounded the same, to have broughte mee..to the questione for my lyfe.

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 20, in Ess. The one propounded to goe downe into a deepe Well.

1658 J. Howe in H. Rogers Life (1863) iii. 64 I propounded that this might be put into the agreement.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 21 Mar. (1976) IX. 492 After dinner propounds to me my lending him 500l.

1677 A. Marvell Let. 13 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 187 It was also propounded to move the House.

1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. i. vi. 134 He propounded to scourge him, and so dismiss him.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxx. 305 In this convocation it was propounded, that an act of Parliament should be made for the relief of poor ministers.

b. transitive. To intend, purpose, design; = propose v. 1b. Frequently with infinitive as object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object

followeOE

studylOE

turna1200

pursuea1382

purposec1384

to shoot atc1407

ensue1483

proponea1500

studyc1503

prick1545

tread1551

suit1560

to go for ——1568

to set (up) one's rest1572

expect1578

propose1584

propound1596

aima1616

scope1668

to set up1691

aim1821

to go in for1835

to be out for1887

to be flat out for1930

target1966

shoot1967

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F6^v Fit time for him thence to depart..To follow that, which he did long propound .

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xix. 178 It is the last of the three Elements, whereof wee have propounded to treate in this Booke.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 4 Propounding to themselves to become glorious by that means.

1696 J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur ii. v. 132 In the next Chapter I propound to treat of their Number, of their Variety, and of their Disposition.

†5.

a. transitive. To represent or exhibit, by description or illustration. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)]

depaint?c1225

paintc1275

figurec1380

resemblea1393

portraya1398

represent?a1425

impicture1523

portrait1548

shadow1553

to paint forth1558

storize1590

personate1591

limn1593

propound1594

model1604

table1607

semble1610

rendera1616

to paint out1633

person1644

present1649

to figure out1657

historize1668

to fancy out1669

to take off1680

figurate1698

refer1700

display1726

depicture1739

depict1817

actualize1848

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 55^v Note that whensoeuer any manner of Angle is propounded by three letters, that the middle letter doth alwaies signifie the Angle propounded.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1662) ii. 124 They propound the Jews senselessly offended and foolishly exasperated with those words.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 46 This Table [= plate] propounds the Kidneys both whole and cut asunder.

b. transitive. To represent to one's imagination; to imagine, envisage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

thinkOE

bethinkc1175

devise1340

portraya1375

imagec1390

dreama1393

supposea1393

imaginea1398

conceive?a1425

fantasyc1430

purposea1513

to frame to oneselfa1529

'magine1530

imaginate1541

fancy1551

surmit?1577

surmise1586

conceit?1589

propose1594

ideate1610

project1612

figurea1616

forma1616

to call up1622

propound1634

edify1645

picture1668

create1679

fancify1748

depicture1775

vision1796

to conjure up1819

conjure1820

envisage1836

to dream up1837

visualize1863

envision1921

pre-visualize1969

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 64 Propound to yourself monsters in my will to be mastred.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rom. xv. 33) When they pray to propound God to their minde in such notions, and under such titles, as whereby they may see in God the things they desire of God.

6. transitive. Law. To produce (a will or other document making testamentary dispositions) before the proper authority, in order to establish its legality.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > submit to probate

propound1740

1740 Clerk's Instructor Eccl. Courts ii. 162 Persons specially appointed by Act of Parliament to exhibit and propound the said last Will and Testament.

?1753 G. Lee in Rep. Cases Arches & Prerogative Courts Canterbury (1833) 1 420 These instructions [for preparing a will] wrote by deceased..are propounded by Thomas Jekyll, one of his brothers, as a legatee.

1826 W. Roberts Treat. Wills II. vi. i. §2. 174 If the paper propounded to the ecclesiastical Court may have any effect on the estate..probate will be granted.

1836 Sir H. Jenner in Curteis Rep. Eccl. Cas. (1840) I. 160 The asserted execution of the will propounded on the 19th.

1884 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 9 23 The executors named in [the will] propounded it for probate.

1899 G. Allen Miss Cayley's Adventures x. 260 Harold had propounded Mr. Ashurst's will..and had asked for probate.

1960 Times 16 Dec. 3/7 The plaintiff..propounded a will alleged to have been made by the deceased.

2004 Law Rep: Chancery Div. (Lexis) 6 Feb. A person who propounds a will must satisfy the Court that the testator knew and approved of its contents at the time when he executed it.

Derivatives

proˈpounded adj.

ΚΠ

1573 Record's Ground of Arts (rev. ed.) sig. K.iij^v Diuision is an Arithmeticall producing of a thyrd number..whiche..shall so often conteyne an vnit, as the greater of the twoo propounded numbers doth containe the lesser.

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 64 Neither dooth she alter her propounded courses.

1722 W. Greenwood Authority County-Courts 25 If they do agree at the Time of the Distress taken, that he should give them Meat, and that he should have twenty Shillings (or a certain propounded Sum) for the same, this is a good Bargain.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 96 Yet oh, may sovereign mercy first ordain Propounded compact to the savage train.

1908 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 17 Feb. 7/7 The propounded paper bears the date and was executed July 1, 1874, more than thirty-two years before decedent's death.

2000 L. Mayne et al. in C. Brewster et al. New Challenges European Human Resource Managem. ii. iv. 84 The data..indicates that the propounded link between line management influence on HR policies and a more extensive use of flexibility is absent.

proˈpounding n.

ΚΠ

1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) f. 210 The propounding of the dutie is this: Iudge not.

1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 13 After supper they should passe the tyme in propounding of Ryddles.

1697 D. Whitby Disc. Love God v. 140 The Absurdity of this way of Arguing will best appear by the propounding of some Parallel Instances.

1745 J. Durham Unsearchable Riches Christ 206 In the propounding of the covenant, he will take away that exception of the grosness of sin, which [etc.].

1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 19/1 The chorus will form an object of consideration in the propounding of our new dramatic theory.

1919 J. B. Matthews Princ. Playmaking ix. 170 The application of the Gospel words and the propounding of this special dilemma to Mary Magdalene were so natural as to be almost necessary.

1993 Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. The mere propounding of the argument that article 30 applied to section 47 did not suspend the operation of the section.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propound
释义	† propoundn. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: propound v. Etymology: < propound v. Obsolete. rare. A proposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration pretence1440 mentiona1470 profession1526 resolution1594 definitive1595 propound1599 enunciation1628 expression1635 express1646 declarative1651 assert1655 statement1775 enouncementa1856 sayable1957 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. E^v The which propound within my mind doth oftentimes reuolue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). propoundv. Brit. /prəˈpaʊnd/, U.S. /prəˈpaʊnd/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s propounde, 1500s– propound, 1600s propond (Scottish), 1600s propownd. β. 1500s propoune, 1500s propowne; Scottish pre-1700 propoin, pre-1700 propoun, pre-1700 propoune. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: propone v. Etymology: Alteration or variant of propone v., perhaps after compound v., expound v. 1. a. transitive. To put forward, set forth, propose, or offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; to put forward as a question for solution. Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration puta1350 purposea1382 propone1402 motion1505 exhibit1529 propound?1531 prefer1539 raise1566 to put forward1569 broach1579 start1579 offer1583 propose1614 first1628 to put it to a person1664 moot1685 suppose1771 pose1862 to put up1901 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] laya1387 proposea1398 stirc1400 move1452 propound?1531 broach1579 start1579 moot1685 to set up1697 argument1747 α. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. c5 The fourth reason is propounded in the viii. chaptre. 1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Compar. Olde Learnynge & Newe sig. eviii He that doth threaten a payn, doth propound & set forth, a law, & counselleth not. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xiiij To treate, what conditions should be propounded to the Emperour. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. x. 46 An Image-maker, and propounded his Images..as Gods to be worshipped. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 28 They propounded Articles of peace and friendship. 1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible ix. 67 The first is only a Vagous way of Disputation, propounding now one thing, now another. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 63 To answer such questions as they shall propound to you. 1745 E. Gay Char. & Work of Good Ruler 24 This is agreeable to the Apostle's Rule of Judgment propounded in 2 Cor. 10. 18. 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 19 When we propounded this difficulty to them, they gave us no other answer than, So maar, Baas! This is our way, Master! 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 171 The most extensive scheme of constitutional reform yet propounded. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 224 No one, to my knowledge, has propounded such an idea. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 298 My unsocial neighbour startled me..by gravely propounding that he [sc. Scott] was not a Christian. 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. vii. 53 To discuss a topic or a view propounded by one of us. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 8 Feb. 332/1 Criteria for human trials, particularly in prison inmates, were propounded in the Nuremberg Code. 2003 Independent 17 Feb. 16/4 The Roman Catholic members..respected him as a bishop speaking out of his own Anglican tradition rather than propounding personal theories. β. ?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. B4 For in the begynnynge that lawe semeth to propoune and lymytte certayne poyntes and circumstaunces, without the whiche that lawe ware no lawe.1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 30^v At the whyche assemble the curate wolde propowne and declare them fyrste thys texte of Paule.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 46 A certain person had propouned an harde reedle.1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 182 Without anie question propowned to her at all.a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 38 Who..speeke nothing against the doctrine propouned. †b. transitive. Law. To bring forward (an allegation, pleading, etc.) in a cause. Also intransitive. Cf. propone v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > bring a charge [verb (intransitive)] to bring in or lay an indictment1303 to call upon ——1448 accuse1546 propound1576 prosecute1611 to call on ——a1616 to lay an information1838 charge1891 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [verb (transitive)] > institute proceedings stage1671 to bring to, keep on the stage1681 promote1685 propound1685 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 95 If any [person] of the same townes, had cause to complaine of any..he should be at Shipwey to propounde against him. 1608 J. Panke Fal of Babel sig. A3 No aduersary daring to propound against either of them. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 58 And in these Processes, the nearest of Kin are called, who may propound against both relevancy and probation, whatever was competent to the Defunct. 1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts (1700) i. iii. §1. 11 If the Plaintiff..does [not] propound any dilatory matter, to hinder the giving of Sentence. 1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts vi. xii. §1 This Allegation is to be propounded jointly and severally, and is to be admitted as in other Causes. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 251 Quad[r]uplications, which the Defendant propounds to the Plaintiffs Triplications. †c. intransitive. To make or put forward a proposal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)] motion1509 refer1572 propound1598 dogmatize1613 suggesta1616 spitball1955 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. iv. 145 He [sc. Claudius] propounded in Senate touching the colledge of southsayers, least that the most auncient discipline of Italie should come to naught by slothfulnes. 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. F3 To propound, not to conclude, is the destinie of man. †2. transitive. To hold up or set before a person as an example, reward, aim, etc. Cf. propose v. 2c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer as a reward proponea1500 propound?1536 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration > as example, plan, etc. propound?1536 propone1555 propose1614 ?1536 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Ryght Frutefull Epyst. Prayse of Matrymony sig. C.viii Neyther dare I here propound vnto you those plesures whyche (wheras they be naturally moste sweete to man) yet (I can nat tell how..they be dyssembled, rather than despysed. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. i. sig. Q j Of either I minde to propound an example, although one rule suffise them bothe. 1609 Sir R. Shirley in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 95 Kings themselues propound great gifts and rewards. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 67 If a man propound a Prize to him that comes first to the end of a race, The gift is Free. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 1 Know then, I propound five ends to my self in this Book. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. v. 14 The great End we propound in all the Good Works which we perform. 3. transitive. To propose or nominate (a person) for an office or position, or for membership of a church, society, etc. Cf. propose v. 4c. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > nominate for acceptance as member propound1573 propose1770 to put up1840 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate purposea1382 nominate1560 propound1573 to put up1573 propose1675 run1765 to hold up1813 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 The Pensionars were also forthwith propoundid. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 107 They first propounded Cherisophus for an Ambassadour. a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) I. 131 He was then (with his wife) propounded to be admitted a member [of the church]. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 163 His name..is by the Secretary set down..with the name of him who propounded him, and the set of Electors he was of. 1803 T. W. Williams Cases Argued & Determined V. 267 The new rules for regulating the town of Galway..require that they should be first approved by the common-council, and propounded to be elected at the Tholsell. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. vii. 63 Nor shall any person be chosen newly into the magistracy, which was not propounded in some general court before, to be nominated the next election. 1863 R. B. Kimball Was he Successful? (1864) 25 In due course he was propounded and admitted into the church. 1914 Z. M. McGhee Christian Baptism (ed. 3) 37 A young man was propounded for admission to one of our churches. 2003 F. J. Bremer John Winthrop 220 Having impressed the members, he was propounded for membership, admitted, and then shortly thereafter elected to the ministerial office of teacher. †4. a. transitive. To put forward as a plan or course of action; = propose v. 1c. Frequently with clause or infinitive as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] suggest1526 prepose?1541 propose1566 propound1585 offer1660 vote1698 suppose1762 1585 R. Lane Let. 8 Sept. in Trans. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 14 Hee not only purposed, but even propounded the same, to have broughte mee..to the questione for my lyfe. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 20, in Ess. The one propounded to goe downe into a deepe Well. 1658 J. Howe in H. Rogers Life (1863) iii. 64 I propounded that this might be put into the agreement. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 21 Mar. (1976) IX. 492 After dinner propounds to me my lending him 500l. 1677 A. Marvell Let. 13 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 187 It was also propounded to move the House. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. i. vi. 134 He propounded to scourge him, and so dismiss him. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxx. 305 In this convocation it was propounded, that an act of Parliament should be made for the relief of poor ministers. b. transitive. To intend, purpose, design; = propose v. 1b. Frequently with infinitive as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F6^v Fit time for him thence to depart..To follow that, which he did long propound . View more context for this quotation 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xix. 178 It is the last of the three Elements, whereof wee have propounded to treate in this Booke. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 4 Propounding to themselves to become glorious by that means. 1696 J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur ii. v. 132 In the next Chapter I propound to treat of their Number, of their Variety, and of their Disposition. †5. a. transitive. To represent or exhibit, by description or illustration. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] depaint?c1225 paintc1275 figurec1380 resemblea1393 portraya1398 represent?a1425 impicture1523 portrait1548 shadow1553 to paint forth1558 storize1590 personate1591 limn1593 propound1594 model1604 table1607 semble1610 rendera1616 to paint out1633 person1644 present1649 to figure out1657 historize1668 to fancy out1669 to take off1680 figurate1698 refer1700 display1726 depicture1739 depict1817 actualize1848 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 55^v Note that whensoeuer any manner of Angle is propounded by three letters, that the middle letter doth alwaies signifie the Angle propounded. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1662) ii. 124 They propound the Jews senselessly offended and foolishly exasperated with those words. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 46 This Table [= plate] propounds the Kidneys both whole and cut asunder. b. transitive. To represent to one's imagination; to imagine, envisage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 64 Propound to yourself monsters in my will to be mastred. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rom. xv. 33) When they pray to propound God to their minde in such notions, and under such titles, as whereby they may see in God the things they desire of God. 6. transitive. Law. To produce (a will or other document making testamentary dispositions) before the proper authority, in order to establish its legality. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > submit to probate propound1740 1740 Clerk's Instructor Eccl. Courts ii. 162 Persons specially appointed by Act of Parliament to exhibit and propound the said last Will and Testament. ?1753 G. Lee in Rep. Cases Arches & Prerogative Courts Canterbury (1833) 1 420 These instructions [for preparing a will] wrote by deceased..are propounded by Thomas Jekyll, one of his brothers, as a legatee. 1826 W. Roberts Treat. Wills II. vi. i. §2. 174 If the paper propounded to the ecclesiastical Court may have any effect on the estate..probate will be granted. 1836 Sir H. Jenner in Curteis Rep. Eccl. Cas. (1840) I. 160 The asserted execution of the will propounded on the 19th. 1884 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 9 23 The executors named in [the will] propounded it for probate. 1899 G. Allen Miss Cayley's Adventures x. 260 Harold had propounded Mr. Ashurst's will..and had asked for probate. 1960 Times 16 Dec. 3/7 The plaintiff..propounded a will alleged to have been made by the deceased. 2004 Law Rep: Chancery Div. (Lexis) 6 Feb. A person who propounds a will must satisfy the Court that the testator knew and approved of its contents at the time when he executed it. Derivatives proˈpounded adj. ΚΠ 1573 Record's Ground of Arts (rev. ed.) sig. K.iij^v Diuision is an Arithmeticall producing of a thyrd number..whiche..shall so often conteyne an vnit, as the greater of the twoo propounded numbers doth containe the lesser. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 64 Neither dooth she alter her propounded courses. 1722 W. Greenwood Authority County-Courts 25 If they do agree at the Time of the Distress taken, that he should give them Meat, and that he should have twenty Shillings (or a certain propounded Sum) for the same, this is a good Bargain. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 96 Yet oh, may sovereign mercy first ordain Propounded compact to the savage train. 1908 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 17 Feb. 7/7 The propounded paper bears the date and was executed July 1, 1874, more than thirty-two years before decedent's death. 2000 L. Mayne et al. in C. Brewster et al. New Challenges European Human Resource Managem. ii. iv. 84 The data..indicates that the propounded link between line management influence on HR policies and a more extensive use of flexibility is absent. proˈpounding n. ΚΠ 1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) f. 210 The propounding of the dutie is this: Iudge not. 1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 13 After supper they should passe the tyme in propounding of Ryddles. 1697 D. Whitby Disc. Love God v. 140 The Absurdity of this way of Arguing will best appear by the propounding of some Parallel Instances. 1745 J. Durham Unsearchable Riches Christ 206 In the propounding of the covenant, he will take away that exception of the grosness of sin, which [etc.]. 1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 19/1 The chorus will form an object of consideration in the propounding of our new dramatic theory. 1919 J. B. Matthews Princ. Playmaking ix. 170 The application of the Gospel words and the propounding of this special dilemma to Mary Magdalene were so natural as to be almost necessary. 1993 Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. The mere propounding of the argument that article 30 applied to section 47 did not suspend the operation of the section. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599v.?1531
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