Definition of propose

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Propose (v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes..

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Proposer :: Proposer (n.) A speaker; an orator.
Phalansterian :: Phalansterian (n.) One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
Purposer :: Purposer (n.) One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
Remonstrate :: Remonstrate (v. i.) To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation..
Propound :: Propound (v. t.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
Oophyte :: Oophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion..
Phalansterianism :: Phalansterianism (n.) A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
Banns :: Banns (n. pl.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide..
Infuse :: Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak..
Madderwort :: Madderwort (n.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Nominee :: Nominee (n.) A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office..
Paradoxist :: Paradoxist (n.) One who proposes a paradox.
Moot :: Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
Suffice :: Suffice (v. i.) To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate..
Exemplary :: Exemplary (a.) Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct..
Epitrope :: Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., He that is unjust, let him be unjust still..
Pansophy :: Pansophy (n.) Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator..
Overplus :: Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus..
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