propound
VerbUS[pruh-pound]/prəˈpaʊnd/2 syllables
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Word of the day · Nov 15About this word
aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pro·pound′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Propounded; present participle & verbal noun Propounding.]
Origin: From earlier propone, L. proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See Position, and cf. Provost.
1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. William Shakespeare
And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed?— John Milton
It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel.— Samuel T. Coleridge
2. Church To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54