Sekirov Dictionary

propose

UK /pɹəˈpəʊz/US /pɹəˈpoʊz/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 5

verb5

•
to name a plan or a way forward and ask other people to agree to it
- I propose going to see a film.
•
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
- He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.
•
To intend.
- He proposes to set up his own business.
•
(no longer used) To set forth.
- […]so weighty was the cup, That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up. — 1611
•
(no longer used) To talk; to converse.
- HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour; There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Proposing with the prince and Claudio — 1598

noun1

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(no longer used) An objective or aim.
- whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose. — 1603

forms

propos'd · proposed · proposing · proposes · proposeth

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