单词 | propoundment |
释义 | propoundmentn. The action or fact of propounding something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] positiona1398 proponement1553 proposition1553 proposure1624 eventilation1650 propoundment1846 1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 63 The remedy..by the very circumstance of its propoundment, affords a tacit acknowledgment, that the Theory..is defective. 1884 Times 16 Sept. 10/5 The systematic laudation of one Dewan, who revels in the propoundment of theories on every and any conceivable subject. 1920 Musical Q. 6 194 Stating them in the chronological order of their propoundment, the various interpretations of the passage have been as follows. 1986 Jrnl. Politics 48 560 The back-to-back propoundment of the two UCRs almost surely made deviation from the norm of consent a much less desirable strategy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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