Word of the Day

Friday, July 11, 2008

propound

\pruh-POWND\ , transitive verb;

To offer for consideration; to put forward; to propose.

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Quotes:

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

Origin:

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."