propose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

   • I propose going to see a film.
   • to propose an alliance
   • to propose a question for discussion
2. 2

   To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

   • He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.
   • After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home.
3. 3

   To intend.

   • He proposes to set up his own business.
   • I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
   • Many of the proposed dams would be among the tallest in the world.
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   1. 4

      To talk

      To talk; to converse.

      • HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour; There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Proposing with the prince and Claudio
   2. 5

      To set forth.

      • […]so weighty was the cup, That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
   3. 6

      An objective or aim.

      • whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose.

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