propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
propounds
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present tense formof propound (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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How did a pluralistic nation that propounds democratic values and practices come to this?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2017
Joe Haines, who was press secretary to Harold Wilson, the last-but-one Labour leader to win a majority, propounds a fourth, better option.
From Economist ● Jan. 14, 2016
Whereas once I lauded this program, now I am absolutely disgusted by the moral nihilism it propounds.
From Time ● Apr. 1, 2013
The Conclusion to his book of Renaissance essays, published in 1873, was seized on for the ardour with which Pater propounds a philosophy of beauty.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2011
He distorts, deforms, and with his strong, fluid line modulates his material as he wills, but he never propounds puzzles in form, as do the rest of the experimentalists.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
