propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
propounder
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a word derived from
propound.
Example Sentences
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Poet, psychologist, anarchist, teacher, novelist, propounder of extreme solutions to mundane problems, he could never see why conventional critics often dismissed him as a gadfly.
From Time Magazine Archive
The propounder of the dilemma covertly assumes this.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
At once instigator and leader, arbiter and propounder.
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden
"What ails the sentiment?" asked the propounder of it, in a tone of affected surprise.
From The Home Mission by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
The prototype of the tormenting riddle propounder is, according to Laistner, the Sphinx.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
