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
"You have propounded an extraordinary theory, and must not mind if we disagree with you."
From The Grey Room by Eden Phillpotts
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
Philosophers who have misunderstood and rejected and lost this traditional doctrine of substance have propounded many varieties of unsatisfactory and inconsistent theories in regard to what constitutes “person” and “personality”.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
