propose

[Pro*poseĀ·]

The verb propose means "to suggest a plan," like the most well known thing to propose: marriage. If you propose to your girlfriend, you propose getting married, and you probably give her a ring, too.

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To set forth.

Verb
present for consideration

Verb
propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

Verb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Verb
ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

Verb
put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

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v.
To set forth.

v.
To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

v.
To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.

v. i.
To speak; to converse.

v. i.
To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

v. i.
To offer one's self in marriage.

n.
Talk; discourse.


Propose

Pro*pose" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Proposing.] [F. proposer; pref. pro- (L. pro for, forward) + poser to place. See Pose, v.] 1. To set forth. [Obs.]
That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
2. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office. 3. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England. Palfrey. To propose to one's self, to intend; to design.

Propose

Pro*pose", v. i. 1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.]
There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio.
2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes. 3. To offer one's self in marriage.

Propose

Pro*pose", n. [F. propos, L. propositum. See Propound, Purpose, n.] Talk; discourse. [Obs.] Shak.

To set forth.

To speak; to converse.

Talk; discourse.

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Usage Examples

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

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Other Usage Examples

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors two, facility to acquirers and three, hope to all.

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

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