propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
have propounded
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present perfectof propound.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But those who have propounded trans-historical, much less eternal, definitions of marriage have often been time's fools.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2010
To many & many a neutral, far from having any established peace aims, the Allies do not yet seem to have propounded very satisfactory war aims.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now let us come to the answer of the specific question which I have propounded.
From Our Unitarian Gospel by Minot J. (Minot Judson) Savage
The theory I quite assent to, and, you know, was conceived by me also, but I profess that I could not have propounded it with so much force and completeness.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by James Marchant
Had the Major asked them to tell the area of the United States in square inches he could not have propounded a more puzzling question.
From Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War by Edward Robins
