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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After all, each house adapts rules to its own purposes; “Chicago” propounds rules with a soft authority, a gentle firmness.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2017
Whereas previous jihadist narratives were all about “resistance” to imagined enemies, IS propounds what Mr Winter calls “the propaganda of the winner”.
From Economist ● Aug. 13, 2015
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
To the common man the earth propounds no system of philosophy or of theology.
From The Holy Earth by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
