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PROPOUND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they propound ... he / she / it propounds
Past simple: propounded
Past participle: propounded
-ing form: propounding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put forward, as of an idea
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "propound" is one way to...):
advise; counsel; rede (give advice to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
