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What does "propose" mean?

Propose: To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend. I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England. Palfrey. To propose to one's self, to intend; to design.
  2. 3.To speak; to converse. [Obs.] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak.
  3. 4.To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
  4. 5.To offer one's self in marriage.
  5. 6.Talk; discourse. [Obs.] Shak.

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