propound \pruh-POWND\, transitive verb:
To offer for consideration; to put forward; to propose.
When Samuelson first propounded this potentially radical idea, it was greeted with astonishment, bordering on outrage.
– Jonathan Davis, “Samuelson’s argument still holds true”, Independent, October 4, 1997
Aristarchus not only challenged God, but he, and then Copernicus, propounded a theory that seemed so stupid on the face of it that even a fool would not believe it.
– William E. Burrows, This New Ocean
Propound is a variation of earlier propone, from Latin proponere, “to set forth, to propose,” from pro, “for, before, in favor of” + ponere, “to put.”
From: Dictionary.com
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