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propos'd

propos'd is the simple past and past participle of propose.

Meaning of propose

Verb

propose (third-person singular simple present proposes, present participle proposing, simple past and past participle proposed)

  1. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
    • I propose going to see a film.
  2. (intransitive, sometimes, with-to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
    • He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.
  3. (transitive) To intend.
    • He proposes to set up his own business.
  4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
    • HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;
      There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice
      Proposing with the prince and Claudio1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  5. (obsolete) To set forth.
    • […]so weighty was the cup,
      That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.[1611?], Homer, “Book XI”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

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Questions about propos'd

What is propos'd the simple past and past participle of?
Propos'd is the simple past and past participle of propose.

Words near propos'd in the dictionary

  1. proportionless
  2. proportionlessness
  3. proportionment
  4. proportionments
  5. proportions
  6. propos'd
  7. proposable
  8. proposal
  9. proposalist
  10. proposalists
  11. proposals

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