Propound

Origin

From the Middle English proponen ("to put forward"), from Latin proponere ("to put forward"), from pro- ("before") + ponere ("to put")

Full definition of propound

Verb

1. To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
• 2005, Plato, Lesley Brown (translator), Sophist, :Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.

Related terms

• proponent
• propose