proposing

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.

   Synonyms:

   put forth, suggest, project, forthput

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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