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propound

[ US /pɹəˈpaʊnd/ ]
[ UK /pɹəpˈa‍ʊnd/ ]
VERB
  1. put forward, as of an idea

How To Use propound In A Sentence

  • John Lynch, an evolutionary morphologist and historian of anti-evolutionism, dissects the selective history of ID propounded by the Disco ‘Tute’s new faith and evolution site. The Panda's Thumb: Science and Faith Archives
  • Their "uncivil" behavior prompted a number of so-called free speech advocates to start propounding about the need for civility. John W. Whitehead: Forcing Politicians to Listen: Dissent, Rebellion and All-Around Hell-Raising
  • For I could not be true and constant to the argument I handle if I were not willing to go beyond others; but yet not more willing than to have others go beyond me again: which may the better appear by this, that I have propounded my opinions naked and unarmed, not seeking to preoccupate the liberty of men’s judgments by confutations. The Advancement of Learning
  • Zoologist Eugene Morton has propounded a general theory of the vocal sounds that animals make.
  • Begun with the Scientific Revolution, propounded in the Enlightenment, and finally enthroned on the humanist ideals of liberal religion and the rights-based polity, modernity exalted the god of human competence.
  • For I could not be true and constant to the argument I handle if I were not willing to go beyond others; but yet not more willing than to have others go beyond me again: which may the better appear by this, that I have propounded my opinions naked and unarmed, not seeking to preoccupate the liberty of men's judgments by confutations. The Advancement of Learning
  • This latter alternative, which was first propounded by Pallas , seems by far the most probable.
  • In the last century a complicated system or differencing by bordures was propounded by Stoddart to allow for cadet arms, but although giving a conceptual framework, this has in practice been more honoured in the breach than in the observance.
  • Some salutary ways to improve networked learning community's capability has been propound from social constructivism angle.
  • In this connection Hume propounds a kind of utilitarianism for which the good is essentially the useful, in terms of promoting human happiness.
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