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Propound

//prəˈpaʊnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate. transitive

    "Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year."

  2. 2
    put forward, as of an idea wordnet

Etymology

From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), from prō- (“before”) + pōnere (“to put”). Doublet of propose. Compare expound.

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