proposev.

Brit.

/prəˈpəʊz/, U.S.

/prəˈpoʊz/

Forms: Middle English proposent (3rd plural present indicative), Middle English– propose, late Middle English–1600s prepose; Scottish pre-1700 prepose, pre-1700 propois, pre-1700 propoys, pre-1700 1700s– propose.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French proposer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French proposer (French proposer ) to present to view, especially as an example (first half of the12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to intend, purpose (a1140 in Old French with infinitive; c1400 or earlier in Anglo-Norman in reflexive use as purposer , 1409 in intransitive use), to utter, convey in words (c1170), to present for consideration (c1250), to offer for acceptance (second half of the 13th cent.), to put forward as a plan or course of action (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to discuss (c1500), to urge, plead (1537 or earlier) < pro- pro- prefix¹ + poser pose v.¹, after classical Latin prōpōnere propone v. Compare Old Occitan, Occitan prepausar , Occitan propausar to set forth, propound (mid 13th cent.), to intend (mid 13th cent.), to put forward as a plan or course of action (c1300), Catalan proposar (in early use also preposar ) to set forth, propound, to intend, to put forward as a plan or course of action (all late 13th cent.). Compare purpose v.In the Middle English form proposent after the French 3rd plural present indicative. Occasional forms in pre- , if they are not simply errors, apparently show prefix substitution (compare pre- prefix and see discussion at pro- prefix¹); for a similar development in Occitan and Catalan compare forms cited above. In the proverb man proposes, (but) God disposes (see sense 1a) after Middle French l'homme propose, et Dieu dispose (end of the 15th cent.) and its model post-classical Latin homo proponit, sed Deus disponit ( T. à Kempis De Imitatione i. xix); compare also Old French se li homme mal propose, Diex, si comme il vent, le dispose (c1315), Middle French les hommes proposent, et Dieu ordonne (1409). With sense 4c compare French proposer (1694 in this sense). In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix).

a. intransitive. Originally: to form an intention or design. Later more generally: to propose a course of action; to make proposals. Contrasted with dispose (see dispose v. 7a), chiefly in the proverb man proposes, (but) God disposes.In quot. 1340 proposent is probably an error for proposeþ.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)]

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to cast, lay a scheme1704

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to plan on1914

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 180 Ase god zayþ ine his spelle, nou [h]y leueþ, nou hi misleueþ nou hi wylleþ, nou hi ne wylleþ, nou hi proposent [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues ben in good purpos; Fr. proposent], nou hit is betere.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 265 As the wyse man saith, ‘the fole proposeth & god dysposeth’.

1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ i. xix. f. 21^v For man in deede doth propose [1504 W. Atkynson tr. intendethe; L. proponit], but God doth dispose.

1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes 254 At Athens, Wise Men did propose, and Fooles did dispose.

1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child iii. 139 I propose, it is his [sc. my Father's] Prerogative to dispose.

1778 H. L. Thrale Diary 20 Apr. in Thraliana (1942) I. 280 But Man proposes Alas! and God disposes.

1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 236 If I could complete that trip in about two months, I should have time enough to go up the Limpopo to Zoutpansburg..; but as the sequel shows, ‘Man proposes but God disposes’.

1898 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/3 But, ‘Man proposes, God disposes’—how everlastingly true is that old saying of the good Thomas à Kempis!

1958 L. Durrell Mountolive iv. 88 In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don't you think?

1980 Times 29 Jan. 17/8 The President proposes, the Congress disposes.

1999 Sociol. Forum 14 712 Little N may propose but only Big N can dispose.

b. transitive. With infinitive or verbal noun as object. To set before oneself as something to be done; to intend, purpose, or design.In early use also reflexive with infinitive.In quot. c1613: to intend or plan to go.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)]

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c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Petworth) 87 He shal first bywaillen þe synnes þat he haþ done and stedfastly proposed in his hert to haue shrift of mouþ and to doon satisfaccion.

1432 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury (1889) 163 We praye yow recommende us un to our worschipful fadyr..and alle our breheryn, sayyng un to hem on our behalfe, that we proposyd to have sent hem an answer of here lettyr, but..we myght have no tyme.

1441 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 162 (MED) Þei..may propose hem to gete or noye þe townes & portz of Harflew Cane Hounflew & oþer places & portz on þe water syde.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 920 in Poems (1899) 84 Yf ye propose to make despeccion To youre enemy..Beware ye make no suche offencion To hurte your self.

1500–20 Exhort. bef. Commun. in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 348 That no man nother woman that this day proposyth here to be comenyd..go note to Godds bord, lase than he byleue stedfastlych, that [etc.].

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxx. sig. l.i Tho mankynde prepose, his mynde to fulfyll Yet god dysposeth, all thynge at his wyll.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 116 Nou propois thai..Off Wenus feest to fang an fill.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Eccles. i. 13 I..haue proposed in my mind, to seke and search wisely of al thinges, that are done vnder the sunne.

c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 50 The Kyng proposyth northward hastyly after the Parlament.

1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xxxiv. 320 Some friends in London, whom he proposed to visit soon after marriage.

1714 D. Manley Adventures of Rivella 21 The Day before their Marching Orders came; he proposed playing..at Hazard.

1718 Free-thinker No. 31. 2 To compleat the Observations, I at first proposed to make upon these Fanaticks.

1786 T. Jefferson Let. 26 June in Papers (1954) X. 61 If M. de Meusnier proposes to mention the facts of cruelty of which he and Mr. Jefferson spoke yesterday.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i. iii. 21 Another..wanted to act the ghost, which he proposed doing in white shorts, and a night-cap.

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. ii. 172 He had proposed to conquer Jerusalem, and to have rebuilt it, had God granted him life.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xx. 194 But, Lady Blakeney,..do you know that what you propose doing is man's work?

1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps vi. 143 I do not propose to let you go.

1978 I. Murdoch Sea i. 69 I have never gone in for persecution mania and do not propose to start now.

2005 Independent 22 June 30/4 The Government is..proposing to establish jury-free trials for terror suspects.

c. transitive. With clause, infinitive, or simple object. To put forward or suggest as a scheme, plan, or course of action; to recommend or advocate that something be done.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration

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to put up1901

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration > as example, plan, etc.

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1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Constancy Wise Man xix, in tr. Seneca Wks. 671 To those that are imperfect..wee ought to propose that they are to liue amongst iniuries and outrages.

1632 H. More tr. G. Piatti Happines Relig. State 254 Religion is ranked among the Euangelical Counsels, and is..the chiefest and greatest among them. Which we may gather by the manner of our Sauiour's speach, when he wished the yong man to this course, saying: If thou wilt. For as then it was proposed to that yong man, so it is now proposed to euerie one vnder the same forme: If they wil.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 187 I then would..never have presumed to have preposed you your flight.

1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) vi. xxvii. 374 They propose to stabbe him in his bed to death, but this they reject, because the blood would appeare in the sheets, bed, and chamber.

1661 W. Lower Noble Ingratitude i. v. 20 in Three New Playes Scarce yet attained to the fifteenth yeer, When love and marriage was proposed to her.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 282 He was proposing to me to have a moveable Sty, and about it to make a Yard with Hurdles.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 214 The King proposed the Marching to London.

1788 C. Reeve Exiles II. 237 I proposed to my wife to reside at M——.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 66 King James..proposed to his nobles an inroad into England.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 101 It had been proposed to marry the Princess Mary to a son of the French king.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 228 He proposes that they shall reassemble on the following day.

1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 239 Mahbub nearly melted when Kim proposed a sail in a dhow across the Indian Ocean to buy Gulf Arabs.

1948 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 3 7 It has been proposed..to build a ‘thinking’ machine whose output would be orders rather than numbers.

1970 Daily Tel. 10 Apr. 2/1 The Green Paper, put forward for discussion, proposes the scrapping of the present hospital boards and committees.

1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 2 Mar. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 77 I wrote proposing that I should meet him on his arrival.

2006 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 19 May c9 The act proposes setting up a standing committee within the law society.

a. transitive. To put forward or present for consideration, discussion, etc.; to set forth, propound, state (an argument, question, etc.). Formerly also: †to bring to notice, call attention to (obsolete).In scientific treatises the past participle was formerly often used with the sense ‘in question, given’; cf. proposed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)]

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 328 To hem that beþ symple, y-proposid [L. proposui] symple þe kynde and many manere dyuysiouns of numbres to be vnderstonde.

c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 47 To draw a rote of the nombre quadrat, it is, What-euer nombre be proposede, to fynde his rote and to se yf it be quadrat.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 636 Þei apperid a~fore vs in Iugement..Master Nicholas..proposinge his entent, þat is to sei..he proposid & axid..of þe same abbas & couent, þe tithis of hei & of millis..longynge to his churche of Eysy bi the commune lawe.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 6404 Sin more ther-of I can noght propose, Of-fors moste I here take rest and repose.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 795 That they might resort to his presence to propose their entent, of which they would to none other person any part disclose.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 92^v Yeelding the choyce.., to the discretion of the Lady Flauia, who thus proposed hir minde.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. v. 20 Where I stand kneele thou, Whilst I propose the selfesame words to thee, Which traytor thou woudst haue me answere to.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 God..hath proposed the world unto our knowledge.

1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 76 When the Priest proposes to God the people's necessities.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §23. 428 To define the Periodic time of any Planet about the Sun. Let the Planet proposed be observed in the Node.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 90. ⁋3 The poets..whom he proposed to himself for his models.

a1825 A. L. Barbauld Legacy for Young Ladies (1826) 29 To every body that came she proposed a riddle.

1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 237 A certain flower-like beauty, which does not propose itself, but must be approached and studied like a natural object.

1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life Pref. 22 Nature herself does not give an answer to the riddles which she proposes.

1952 Greece & Rome 21 33 He would do what he could; he would propose a theme, make a short prelude, and stop.

1984 Frederick (Maryland) Post 27 Jan. a6/5 I would propose a question to county officials: What cost would you put on a life?

b. transitive. To put forth or present to view or perception; to exhibit, display. Also figurative. Now rare.

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society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)]

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to hold up1604

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1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hii Let us not grossely beholde the breade and cuppe proposed and set before our eyes, but in faythe, consydere the lambe of God.

1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades To Rdr. The worth of a skilfull and worthy translator is to obserue the sentences, figures, and formes of speech proposed in his author.

c1610–15 Life Holie Helena in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 33 The crosse..the bishop..at Ester doth take forth, and propose it to the people to be adored.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 24 Propose to mine eyes the evilnesse of my dayes.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xiv. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 445 I will that it [sc. that decree] be openly proposed in a table of brass.

1992 C. G. Flegg Gathered Under Apostles iv. ii. 228 After the Holy Gifts had been proposed upon the altar, the angel gave the usual salutation.

c. transitive. To put forward as something to be attained; to state or have as an aim, end, or object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object

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1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 187 Christ now..rightly calleth them hypocrites, whiche while in their good woorkes they propose themselues no good end [L. rectum finem non habent sibi propositum in bonis operibus], they put the persons of others vppon them, that they might seeme holy.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 185 What to our selues in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 112 But ere we could arriue the Point propos'd, Cæsar cride, Helpe me Cassius, or I sinke.

1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis vi. 79 We must propose an End worthy of God.

1771 M. S. Montague Orig. Ess. on Woman ii. 18 Propose no End, yet labour to undo, And make each Fallacy appear as true.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair l. 444 The widow began to take such measures as seemed right to her for advancing the end which she proposed.

1892 Econ. Jrnl. 2 525 Mr. Palgrave may be congratulated on fulfilling the aim which he proposed ‘to place in the hands of the reader [etc.]’.

1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay i. 26 No one has found a valid goal for history; but everyone has proposed one.

2003 J. Haldane Intelligent Person's Guide to Relig. vi. 150 The very possibility of pursuing an objectively meaningful life depends..on a goal transcendent of those we may happen to propose to ourselves.

†d. transitive. To represent to one's imagination; to envisage, hold in mind; esp. to anticipate as an outcome, to expect, look for. Cf. propound v. 5b. Obsolete.In quot. 1594: to be ready to confront.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)]

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to look to ——1782

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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront

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1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 80 A thousand deaths would I propose, To atchiue her.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 91 Make the case yours, Be now the father, and propose a sonne.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 145 I propose not meerly to my selfe, The pleasures such a beautie brings with it.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon Apology What utility may we not propose to our selves, from the great examples both of the one, and the other?

1708 C. Cibber Lady's Last Stake Ep. Ded., 1 The utmost Success I ever propos'd from this Play.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 51 The Men could propose nothing to themselves but Hardships.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iii. 129 The Pleasure he proposed in seeing her married.

1797 E. Marshall Edmund & Eleonora II. xc. 259 His absence would have been regarded..as an event by no means favourable or auspicious to the pleasure they proposed to themselves, from this visit to their friends in England.

†e. transitive. Music. To announce (a subject) for imitation or contrapuntal treatment. Cf. proposition n. 1d, 6b. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique

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to run over ——1789

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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 548/3 Fugue, a musical composition in contrapuntal style, in which a subject is proposed by one part, and then responded to by the others, according to certain rules.

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 69/2 An answer in music is, in strict counterpoint, the repetition by one part or instrument of a theme proposed by another.

†3. intransitive. To plead a person's case. Cf. propound v. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead as advocate

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to show lawc1390

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a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1535) xiii. f. 23 I..knewe the famous oratour Taurin propose [Fr. harenguer] dyuers tymes in the senate: And on a day he spake for a Romayn matron, which [etc.].

a. transitive. To put forward or offer for acceptance, assent, or approval.In quot. 1603: to state the terms of (an oath to be sworn).In quot. 1780 intransitive in the progressive with passive meaning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)]

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1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes iii. f. 59 If the lawe proposed pleased not the people, or was found to be wrongfull and vniuste, the proposer of that lawe..soudenly was strangled.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxiii. 271 And Prizes were preposde for such, whose Champions bore them best At Tilts and Turnies.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 154 Hor. Propose the oth my Lord. Ham. Neuer to speake what you haue seene..Sweare by my sword.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 102 The boughs thereof [sc. of the Palm] haue bin proposed as rewards for such as were either victorious in armes or exercises.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 71 He whose wife is most obedient,..Shall win the wager which we will propose .

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 331 A Man may have seen the Maid, propos'd him for a Wife, especially when she was little.

a1732 J. Guise Mem. (1917) 152 When I was got home, [I] desir'd my friend the Justice to propose me to the lady, which he did.

1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. lxvii. 97 I will wait..to hear the event of terms that are proposing between the countries.

a1825 A. L. Barbauld Legacy for Young Ladies (1826) 85 She resolved not to marry till she could meet with one who should conquer her in running. A great many young men proposed themselves and lost their lives.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Treasure of Franchard iii, in Merry Men 236 I propose no wages.

1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxxiii. 480 Several young men had wanted to marry her, but the one whom her guardian had proposed..she did not like at all.

1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary x. 173 I am interested in the working party which has been set up to propose a format for 1984.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Nov. 34/2 Acknowledging that such a program would be ‘administratively burdensome’..he proposes an alternative.

†b. transitive. To set before someone as a gift or offering; to present. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer or set before a person

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to give (a person) a show of1788

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. I3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Hauing no other or better meane.., then these my submissiue lines, I propose them vnto you..confessing that if any waies I haue erred vnto you..it was but as a young man.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xii. 3 Annot. 189 The lambe being consumed, which old tradition proposed, the Master setteth inconsumptible meate to his disciples.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 554 Withal so weighty was the cup, That being proposed brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

c. transitive. To nominate (a person) for an office or position, esp. as a member of a society.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate

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to put up1573

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to hold up1813

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > nominate for acceptance as member

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to put up1840

1675 H. Oldenburg Let. 4 Sept. in Corr. (1977) XI. 487 Since he was proposed by Sr Wm Petty, seconded by Dr Daniel Cox, there hath not been a number sufficient for election.

a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 121 Pilate..then proposes him as the Man he was by Custom to release at the Passover.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 25 There is to be a ballot at one for the Ladies' Club..and lady Bab Basto has proposed me for a member.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vii. 124 His name was immediately proposed as an honorary member of the Athenæum.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Feb. 107 I propose the head boy..for chief.

1901 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 1 p. xxi A candidate for Ordinary Membership must be proposed by one Member and seconded by another Member.

1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas ii. 44 Attorney Thomas Wagstaff..proposed him for chairman of the county committee.

2005 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 16 Sept. 10 You join the Wine Society by getting proposed by an existing member and buying a share, at £40.

d. transitive. To invite those present at a meal, etc., to drink (a toast); to offer for acceptance as the subject of a toast (frequently in to propose a person's health).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > pledge or toast > propose toast

present1632

propose1705

to begin a toasta1715

give1728

propine1734

1705 Ox—d Dialogue 46 It has been the greatest Affront that could be put, to propose a Health to that Family and that Succession among you.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 44 They were very merry, and in their Cups propos'd the Pope's Health;..to keep up the Humour, we also propos'd William Pen's to them.

1788 R. Burns Let. 18 Feb. (2001) I. 242 I am just going to propose your health by way of grace-drink.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 147 A treasonable toast having been proposed in your hearing and presence.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 7 As often as any of the great princes proposed a health, the kettle drums and trumpets sounded.

1892 Law Times 92 145/2 The second part of his duty was to propose the health of the honorary Fellows.

1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 499/2 The same presumably adult, and intelligent persons jump to their feet and..propose H. V. Esmond toasts to one another.

1979 C. P. Snow Coat of Varnish III. xxiv. 201 The best man proposed the health of bride and husband.

2003 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 5 July 42 He concluded by proposing a toast to the guests.

e. intransitive. To make an offer of marriage (to someone). Also (now rarely) with for.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage [verb (intransitive)]

pop1573

offer1587

speaka1616

proposea1771

a1771 T. Gray Candidate (?1780) 2 Divinity heard, between waking and dozing, Her sisters denying, and Jemmy proposing.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 190 If a man now says three words to a girl, she immediately expects he is to propose to her.

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. vi. 98 The General is too proud to own..that he could ever think of any man for his sister who had not first proposed for her.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine Introd. 44 Ptolemy Physcon,..who proposed, but in vain, to Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi.

1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 227 Sykes. When her blood boils about it..she doesnt care what she says. Reginald. Well: you knew that when you proposed to her.

1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris ii. 311 She had been amazed when the handsome young Pomfret Herries had proposed for her in marriage.

1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) i. ix. 152 Don't bank on things too much... Simon may not have the faintest idea of proposing.

1978 T. Sharpe Throwback iii. 19 Mr Flawse..took a swig of brandy to steady his nerves. The bloody woman was proposing to him.

1994 Wedding & Home June–July 103/1 Four months later he proposed and we set a date for the wedding in the August of that year.

†5. intransitive. To carry on a discussion; to confer, converse, discourse. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)]

yedc888

speak971

rounda1200

talka1225

tevela1225

intercommunec1374

fable1382

parlec1400

reason?c1425

communique?1473

devise1477

cutc1525

wade1527

enterparle1536

discourse1550

to hold one chat, with chat, in chat1573

parley1576

purpose1590

dialogue1595

commerce1596

dialoguize1596

communicate1598

propose1600

dialogize1601

converse1615

tella1616

interlocute1621

interparle1791

conversate1811

colloquize1823

conversationize1826

colloque1850

visit1862

colloquy1868

to make conversation1921

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 3 There shalt thou find my cosin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 24 The bookish Theorique, Wherein the toged Consuls can propose As masterly as he.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	propose
释义	† proposen. Forms: Middle English propoos, Middle English 1700s propos, Middle English–1600s propose; Scottish pre-1700 propois, pre-1700 propoise, pre-1700 propos, pre-1700 propose, pre-1700 proposses (plural). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French propos. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman propos, propose and Middle French propos (French propos ) determined intention (c1180 in Old French as purpos ), aim (beginning of the 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman as purpos ), proposal (early 13th cent. in Old French), subject, theme (c1360 as prepous ), (plural) remarks (c1510) < proposer propose v. Compare classical Latin prōpositum propositum n. Compare earlier purpose n. Obsolete. 1. Something proposed for discussion or consideration; a proposition; a subject, a theme. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of debate or discussion proposec1350 purposec1350 propositiona1382 problema1387 conclusionc1400 state of the causea1525 question1549 argumenta1568 thesis1579 disquisition1605 problem1645 consultation1663 consult1683 propos1816 issue1836 chat1861 debating point1927 battleground1931 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxvii. 2 (MED) Ich opened mouþe in parables, and y shal speke proposes [L. propositiones] fram þe bygynnyng. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 54 (MED) And so to þe propos, Whas doctrine any folowiþ, his disciple he is. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 15 That gud ordre be kepit in disputing, without superfluite of wordis nothyng partening to the propos. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 1 All the propose which then was discoursed vpon, was Musicke. a1605 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 57 Sum polite propos for my pen prepair, Quhilk now againe to Angelique resorts. 2. A purpose, an intention, an aim. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 461 His leches he charged ek..Her deuer forto do..Fully in propoos..to maken hym his hayr. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxix. 87 Thy propos thou ought to say or shewe vnto few folke. c1500 Melusine (1895) 228 The commynaltee of the toune..were in propos & wylle for to yeld the toun & themself ouer to the kyng Z[el]odyus. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. L The kinge of nothinge changedt his propose. 1573–4 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 329 The said Robert..is on propoise..to purches ane licence to depart. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 71 If to withdraw any mite of that which is but in propose onely bequeathed,..be a sin. 1601 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1969) XIII. ii. 911 [The hardest measure shall not alter my] propos [to serve him in duty]. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 125 These were sinister proposes of their minds, which kept them in this fruitlesse toyl. 3. A proposal; something proposed to be done; a scheme, a plan of action. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > a proposed plan or a project propositiona1382 present?a1400 motiona1425 pleaa1500 action1533 propose1568 project1582 proposala1629 projection1633 party1653 projecture1658 scheme1719 ad referendum1753 swim1860 action plan1889 1568 in J. Hosack Mary Queen of Scots (1869) I. 535 She [was] not willing to spill the propois that wes sa far broght to pas. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. xxiv. 1112 When the same men..gaue their accord now also to this propose. 1673 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 265 After the Maior hath made his proposes every Alderman..shall have liberty to speake. 1712 M. Prior Erle Robert's Mice 1 John the Saint, Who maketh oft Propos full Queint,..cry'd To Matthew..Come frame us now some..playsant rhyme on yonder Mice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). proposev. Brit. /prəˈpəʊz/, U.S. /prəˈpoʊz/ Forms: Middle English proposent (3rd plural present indicative), Middle English– propose, late Middle English–1600s prepose; Scottish pre-1700 prepose, pre-1700 propois, pre-1700 propoys, pre-1700 1700s– propose. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French proposer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French proposer (French proposer ) to present to view, especially as an example (first half of the12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to intend, purpose (a1140 in Old French with infinitive; c1400 or earlier in Anglo-Norman in reflexive use as purposer , 1409 in intransitive use), to utter, convey in words (c1170), to present for consideration (c1250), to offer for acceptance (second half of the 13th cent.), to put forward as a plan or course of action (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to discuss (c1500), to urge, plead (1537 or earlier) < pro- pro- prefix¹ + poser pose v.¹, after classical Latin prōpōnere propone v. Compare Old Occitan, Occitan prepausar , Occitan propausar to set forth, propound (mid 13th cent.), to intend (mid 13th cent.), to put forward as a plan or course of action (c1300), Catalan proposar (in early use also preposar ) to set forth, propound, to intend, to put forward as a plan or course of action (all late 13th cent.). Compare purpose v.In the Middle English form proposent after the French 3rd plural present indicative. Occasional forms in pre- , if they are not simply errors, apparently show prefix substitution (compare pre- prefix and see discussion at pro- prefix¹); for a similar development in Occitan and Catalan compare forms cited above. In the proverb man proposes, (but) God disposes (see sense 1a) after Middle French l'homme propose, et Dieu dispose (end of the 15th cent.) and its model post-classical Latin homo proponit, sed Deus disponit ( T. à Kempis De Imitatione i. xix); compare also Old French se li homme mal propose, Diex, si comme il vent, le dispose (c1315), Middle French les hommes proposent, et Dieu ordonne (1409). With sense 4c compare French proposer (1694 in this sense). In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). 1. a. intransitive. Originally: to form an intention or design. Later more generally: to propose a course of action; to make proposals. Contrasted with dispose (see dispose v. 7a), chiefly in the proverb man proposes, (but) God disposes.In quot. 1340 proposent is probably an error for proposeþ. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] purveyc1300 propose1340 castc1380 worka1393 purposea1400 devisec1400 becast1563 plot1607 factitate1616 project1631 to cast, lay a scheme1704 plan1776 to plan on1914 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 180 Ase god zayþ ine his spelle, nou [h]y leueþ, nou hi misleueþ nou hi wylleþ, nou hi ne wylleþ, nou hi proposent [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues ben in good purpos; Fr. proposent], nou hit is betere. c1500 Melusine (1895) 265 As the wyse man saith, ‘the fole proposeth & god dysposeth’. 1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ i. xix. f. 21^v For man in deede doth propose [1504 W. Atkynson tr. intendethe; L. proponit], but God doth dispose. 1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes 254 At Athens, Wise Men did propose, and Fooles did dispose. 1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child iii. 139 I propose, it is his [sc. my Father's] Prerogative to dispose. 1778 H. L. Thrale Diary 20 Apr. in Thraliana (1942) I. 280 But Man proposes Alas! and God disposes. 1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 236 If I could complete that trip in about two months, I should have time enough to go up the Limpopo to Zoutpansburg..; but as the sequel shows, ‘Man proposes but God disposes’. 1898 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/3 But, ‘Man proposes, God disposes’—how everlastingly true is that old saying of the good Thomas à Kempis! 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive iv. 88 In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don't you think? 1980 Times 29 Jan. 17/8 The President proposes, the Congress disposes. 1999 Sociol. Forum 14 712 Little N may propose but only Big N can dispose. b. transitive. With infinitive or verbal noun as object. To set before oneself as something to be done; to intend, purpose, or design.In early use also reflexive with infinitive.In quot. c1613: to intend or plan to go. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] willeOE meaneOE minteOE i-muntec1000 thinkOE ettlea1200 intenta1300 meanc1330 forn-castc1374 intendc1374 ettlea1400 drive1425 proposec1425 purpose1433 attend1455 suppose1474 pretend1477 mindc1478 minda1513 pretence1565 appurpose1569 to drive at ——1574 thought to1578 hight1579 pretent1587 fore-intend1622 pre-intend1647 design1655 study1663 contemplate1794 purport1803 c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Petworth) 87 He shal first bywaillen þe synnes þat he haþ done and stedfastly proposed in his hert to haue shrift of mouþ and to doon satisfaccion. 1432 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury (1889) 163 We praye yow recommende us un to our worschipful fadyr..and alle our breheryn, sayyng un to hem on our behalfe, that we proposyd to have sent hem an answer of here lettyr, but..we myght have no tyme. 1441 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 162 (MED) Þei..may propose hem to gete or noye þe townes & portz of Harflew Cane Hounflew & oþer places & portz on þe water syde. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 920 in Poems (1899) 84 Yf ye propose to make despeccion To youre enemy..Beware ye make no suche offencion To hurte your self. 1500–20 Exhort. bef. Commun. in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 348 That no man nother woman that this day proposyth here to be comenyd..go note to Godds bord, lase than he byleue stedfastlych, that [etc.]. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxx. sig. l.i Tho mankynde prepose, his mynde to fulfyll Yet god dysposeth, all thynge at his wyll. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 116 Nou propois thai..Off Wenus feest to fang an fill. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Eccles. i. 13 I..haue proposed in my mind, to seke and search wisely of al thinges, that are done vnder the sunne. c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 50 The Kyng proposyth northward hastyly after the Parlament. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xxxiv. 320 Some friends in London, whom he proposed to visit soon after marriage. 1714 D. Manley Adventures of Rivella 21 The Day before their Marching Orders came; he proposed playing..at Hazard. 1718 Free-thinker No. 31. 2 To compleat the Observations, I at first proposed to make upon these Fanaticks. 1786 T. Jefferson Let. 26 June in Papers (1954) X. 61 If M. de Meusnier proposes to mention the facts of cruelty of which he and Mr. Jefferson spoke yesterday. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i. iii. 21 Another..wanted to act the ghost, which he proposed doing in white shorts, and a night-cap. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. ii. 172 He had proposed to conquer Jerusalem, and to have rebuilt it, had God granted him life. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xx. 194 But, Lady Blakeney,..do you know that what you propose doing is man's work? 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps vi. 143 I do not propose to let you go. 1978 I. Murdoch Sea i. 69 I have never gone in for persecution mania and do not propose to start now. 2005 Independent 22 June 30/4 The Government is..proposing to establish jury-free trials for terror suspects. c. transitive. With clause, infinitive, or simple object. To put forward or suggest as a scheme, plan, or course of action; to recommend or advocate that something be done. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration puta1350 purposea1382 propone1402 motion1505 exhibit1529 propound?1531 prefer1539 raise1566 to put forward1569 broach1579 start1579 offer1583 propose1614 first1628 to put it to a person1664 moot1685 suppose1771 pose1862 to put up1901 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration > as example, plan, etc. propound?1536 propone1555 propose1614 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Constancy Wise Man xix, in tr. Seneca Wks. 671 To those that are imperfect..wee ought to propose that they are to liue amongst iniuries and outrages. 1632 H. More tr. G. Piatti Happines Relig. State 254 Religion is ranked among the Euangelical Counsels, and is..the chiefest and greatest among them. Which we may gather by the manner of our Sauiour's speach, when he wished the yong man to this course, saying: If thou wilt. For as then it was proposed to that yong man, so it is now proposed to euerie one vnder the same forme: If they wil. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 187 I then would..never have presumed to have preposed you your flight. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) vi. xxvii. 374 They propose to stabbe him in his bed to death, but this they reject, because the blood would appeare in the sheets, bed, and chamber. 1661 W. Lower Noble Ingratitude i. v. 20 in Three New Playes Scarce yet attained to the fifteenth yeer, When love and marriage was proposed to her. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 282 He was proposing to me to have a moveable Sty, and about it to make a Yard with Hurdles. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 214 The King proposed the Marching to London. 1788 C. Reeve Exiles II. 237 I proposed to my wife to reside at M——. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 66 King James..proposed to his nobles an inroad into England. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 101 It had been proposed to marry the Princess Mary to a son of the French king. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 228 He proposes that they shall reassemble on the following day. 1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 239 Mahbub nearly melted when Kim proposed a sail in a dhow across the Indian Ocean to buy Gulf Arabs. 1948 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 3 7 It has been proposed..to build a ‘thinking’ machine whose output would be orders rather than numbers. 1970 Daily Tel. 10 Apr. 2/1 The Green Paper, put forward for discussion, proposes the scrapping of the present hospital boards and committees. 1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 2 Mar. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 77 I wrote proposing that I should meet him on his arrival. 2006 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 19 May c9 The act proposes setting up a standing committee within the law society. 2. a. transitive. To put forward or present for consideration, discussion, etc.; to set forth, propound, state (an argument, question, etc.). Formerly also: †to bring to notice, call attention to (obsolete).In scientific treatises the past participle was formerly often used with the sense ‘in question, given’; cf. proposed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] laya1387 proposea1398 stirc1400 move1452 propound?1531 broach1579 start1579 moot1685 to set up1697 argument1747 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 328 To hem that beþ symple, y-proposid [L. proposui] symple þe kynde and many manere dyuysiouns of numbres to be vnderstonde. c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 47 To draw a rote of the nombre quadrat, it is, What-euer nombre be proposede, to fynde his rote and to se yf it be quadrat. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 636 Þei apperid a~fore vs in Iugement..Master Nicholas..proposinge his entent, þat is to sei..he proposid & axid..of þe same abbas & couent, þe tithis of hei & of millis..longynge to his churche of Eysy bi the commune lawe. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 6404 Sin more ther-of I can noght propose, Of-fors moste I here take rest and repose. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 795 That they might resort to his presence to propose their entent, of which they would to none other person any part disclose. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 92^v Yeelding the choyce.., to the discretion of the Lady Flauia, who thus proposed hir minde. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. v. 20 Where I stand kneele thou, Whilst I propose the selfesame words to thee, Which traytor thou woudst haue me answere to. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 God..hath proposed the world unto our knowledge. View more context for this quotation 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 76 When the Priest proposes to God the people's necessities. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §23. 428 To define the Periodic time of any Planet about the Sun. Let the Planet proposed be observed in the Node. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 90. ⁋3 The poets..whom he proposed to himself for his models. a1825 A. L. Barbauld Legacy for Young Ladies (1826) 29 To every body that came she proposed a riddle. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 237 A certain flower-like beauty, which does not propose itself, but must be approached and studied like a natural object. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life Pref. 22 Nature herself does not give an answer to the riddles which she proposes. 1952 Greece & Rome 21 33 He would do what he could; he would propose a theme, make a short prelude, and stop. 1984 Frederick (Maryland) Post 27 Jan. a6/5 I would propose a question to county officials: What cost would you put on a life? b. transitive. To put forth or present to view or perception; to exhibit, display. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)] i-taechec888 to lay … beforec1000 showlOE givec1175 to lay outc1440 produce1459 propose1548 cite1549 product1563 broach1573 offer1583 to hold up1604 to bring in1608 project1611 to bring ona1715 to trot out1838 to bring up1868 muster1904 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hii Let us not grossely beholde the breade and cuppe proposed and set before our eyes, but in faythe, consydere the lambe of God. 1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades To Rdr. The worth of a skilfull and worthy translator is to obserue the sentences, figures, and formes of speech proposed in his author. c1610–15 Life Holie Helena in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 33 The crosse..the bishop..at Ester doth take forth, and propose it to the people to be adored. a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 24 Propose to mine eyes the evilnesse of my dayes. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xiv. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 445 I will that it [sc. that decree] be openly proposed in a table of brass. 1992 C. G. Flegg Gathered Under Apostles iv. ii. 228 After the Holy Gifts had been proposed upon the altar, the angel gave the usual salutation. c. transitive. To put forward as something to be attained; to state or have as an aim, end, or object. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 187 Christ now..rightly calleth them hypocrites, whiche while in their good woorkes they propose themselues no good end [L. rectum finem non habent sibi propositum in bonis operibus], they put the persons of others vppon them, that they might seeme holy. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 185 What to our selues in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 112 But ere we could arriue the Point propos'd, Cæsar cride, Helpe me Cassius, or I sinke. View more context for this quotation 1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis vi. 79 We must propose an End worthy of God. 1771 M. S. Montague Orig. Ess. on Woman ii. 18 Propose no End, yet labour to undo, And make each Fallacy appear as true. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair l. 444 The widow began to take such measures as seemed right to her for advancing the end which she proposed. 1892 Econ. Jrnl. 2 525 Mr. Palgrave may be congratulated on fulfilling the aim which he proposed ‘to place in the hands of the reader [etc.]’. 1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay i. 26 No one has found a valid goal for history; but everyone has proposed one. 2003 J. Haldane Intelligent Person's Guide to Relig. vi. 150 The very possibility of pursuing an objectively meaningful life depends..on a goal transcendent of those we may happen to propose to ourselves. †d. transitive. To represent to one's imagination; to envisage, hold in mind; esp. to anticipate as an outcome, to expect, look for. Cf. propound v. 5b. Obsolete.In quot. 1594: to be ready to confront. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] weenOE weenc1000 thinklOE lookc1225 hopec1330 trusta1387 wait onc1390 supposea1393 to wait after ——1393 to look after ——c1400 thinkc1480 attend1483 suppone1490 expect1535 to expect for1538 aspect1548 respect1549 look1560 ween1589 attend1591 propose1594 await1608 to presume on, upon, or of1608 to look forwards1637 prospect1652 to look for ——a1677 augur1678 anticipate1749 to look to ——1782 spect1839 contemplate1841–8 to look forward1848 eye1979 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 80 A thousand deaths would I propose, To atchiue her. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 91 Make the case yours, Be now the father, and propose a sonne. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 145 I propose not meerly to my selfe, The pleasures such a beautie brings with it. View more context for this quotation 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon Apology What utility may we not propose to our selves, from the great examples both of the one, and the other? 1708 C. Cibber Lady's Last Stake Ep. Ded., 1 The utmost Success I ever propos'd from this Play. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 51 The Men could propose nothing to themselves but Hardships. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iii. 129 The Pleasure he proposed in seeing her married. View more context for this quotation 1797 E. Marshall Edmund & Eleonora II. xc. 259 His absence would have been regarded..as an event by no means favourable or auspicious to the pleasure they proposed to themselves, from this visit to their friends in England. †e. transitive. Music. To announce (a subject) for imitation or contrapuntal treatment. Cf. proposition n. 1d, 6b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 548/3 Fugue, a musical composition in contrapuntal style, in which a subject is proposed by one part, and then responded to by the others, according to certain rules. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 69/2 An answer in music is, in strict counterpoint, the repetition by one part or instrument of a theme proposed by another. †3. intransitive. To plead a person's case. Cf. propound v. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead as advocate pleadc1300 to show lawc1390 postule1517 proposea1533 postulate1566 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1535) xiii. f. 23 I..knewe the famous oratour Taurin propose [Fr. harenguer] dyuers tymes in the senate: And on a day he spake for a Romayn matron, which [etc.]. 4. a. transitive. To put forward or offer for acceptance, assent, or approval.In quot. 1603: to state the terms of (an oath to be sworn).In quot. 1780 intransitive in the progressive with passive meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] suggest1526 prepose?1541 propose1566 propound1585 offer1660 vote1698 suppose1762 1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes iii. f. 59 If the lawe proposed pleased not the people, or was found to be wrongfull and vniuste, the proposer of that lawe..soudenly was strangled. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxiii. 271 And Prizes were preposde for such, whose Champions bore them best At Tilts and Turnies. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 154 Hor. Propose the oth my Lord. Ham. Neuer to speake what you haue seene..Sweare by my sword. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 102 The boughs thereof [sc. of the Palm] haue bin proposed as rewards for such as were either victorious in armes or exercises. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 71 He whose wife is most obedient,..Shall win the wager which we will propose . View more context for this quotation 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 331 A Man may have seen the Maid, propos'd him for a Wife, especially when she was little. a1732 J. Guise Mem. (1917) 152 When I was got home, [I] desir'd my friend the Justice to propose me to the lady, which he did. 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. lxvii. 97 I will wait..to hear the event of terms that are proposing between the countries. a1825 A. L. Barbauld Legacy for Young Ladies (1826) 85 She resolved not to marry till she could meet with one who should conquer her in running. A great many young men proposed themselves and lost their lives. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Treasure of Franchard iii, in Merry Men 236 I propose no wages. 1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxxiii. 480 Several young men had wanted to marry her, but the one whom her guardian had proposed..she did not like at all. 1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary x. 173 I am interested in the working party which has been set up to propose a format for 1984. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Nov. 34/2 Acknowledging that such a program would be ‘administratively burdensome’..he proposes an alternative. †b. transitive. To set before someone as a gift or offering; to present. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer or set before a person showc1300 purpose1563 propose1592 to give (a person) a show of1788 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. I3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Hauing no other or better meane.., then these my submissiue lines, I propose them vnto you..confessing that if any waies I haue erred vnto you..it was but as a young man. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xii. 3 Annot. 189 The lambe being consumed, which old tradition proposed, the Master setteth inconsumptible meate to his disciples. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 554 Withal so weighty was the cup, That being proposed brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up. c. transitive. To nominate (a person) for an office or position, esp. as a member of a society. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate purposea1382 nominate1560 propound1573 to put up1573 propose1675 run1765 to hold up1813 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > nominate for acceptance as member propound1573 propose1770 to put up1840 1675 H. Oldenburg Let. 4 Sept. in Corr. (1977) XI. 487 Since he was proposed by Sr Wm Petty, seconded by Dr Daniel Cox, there hath not been a number sufficient for election. a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 121 Pilate..then proposes him as the Man he was by Custom to release at the Passover. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 25 There is to be a ballot at one for the Ladies' Club..and lady Bab Basto has proposed me for a member. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vii. 124 His name was immediately proposed as an honorary member of the Athenæum. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Feb. 107 I propose the head boy..for chief. 1901 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 1 p. xxi A candidate for Ordinary Membership must be proposed by one Member and seconded by another Member. 1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas ii. 44 Attorney Thomas Wagstaff..proposed him for chairman of the county committee. 2005 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 16 Sept. 10 You join the Wine Society by getting proposed by an existing member and buying a share, at £40. d. transitive. To invite those present at a meal, etc., to drink (a toast); to offer for acceptance as the subject of a toast (frequently in to propose a person's health). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > pledge or toast > propose toast present1632 propose1705 to begin a toasta1715 give1728 propine1734 1705 Ox—d Dialogue 46 It has been the greatest Affront that could be put, to propose a Health to that Family and that Succession among you. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 44 They were very merry, and in their Cups propos'd the Pope's Health;..to keep up the Humour, we also propos'd William Pen's to them. 1788 R. Burns Let. 18 Feb. (2001) I. 242 I am just going to propose your health by way of grace-drink. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 147 A treasonable toast having been proposed in your hearing and presence. View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 7 As often as any of the great princes proposed a health, the kettle drums and trumpets sounded. 1892 Law Times 92 145/2 The second part of his duty was to propose the health of the honorary Fellows. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 499/2 The same presumably adult, and intelligent persons jump to their feet and..propose H. V. Esmond toasts to one another. 1979 C. P. Snow Coat of Varnish III. xxiv. 201 The best man proposed the health of bride and husband. 2003 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 5 July 42 He concluded by proposing a toast to the guests. e. intransitive. To make an offer of marriage (to someone). Also (now rarely) with for. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage [verb (intransitive)] pop1573 offer1587 speaka1616 proposea1771 a1771 T. Gray Candidate (?1780) 2 Divinity heard, between waking and dozing, Her sisters denying, and Jemmy proposing. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 190 If a man now says three words to a girl, she immediately expects he is to propose to her. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. vi. 98 The General is too proud to own..that he could ever think of any man for his sister who had not first proposed for her. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine Introd. 44 Ptolemy Physcon,..who proposed, but in vain, to Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 227 Sykes. When her blood boils about it..she doesnt care what she says. Reginald. Well: you knew that when you proposed to her. 1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris ii. 311 She had been amazed when the handsome young Pomfret Herries had proposed for her in marriage. 1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) i. ix. 152 Don't bank on things too much... Simon may not have the faintest idea of proposing. 1978 T. Sharpe Throwback iii. 19 Mr Flawse..took a swig of brandy to steady his nerves. The bloody woman was proposing to him. 1994 Wedding & Home June–July 103/1 Four months later he proposed and we set a date for the wedding in the August of that year. †5. intransitive. To carry on a discussion; to confer, converse, discourse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] yedc888 speak971 rounda1200 talka1225 tevela1225 intercommunec1374 fable1382 parlec1400 reason?c1425 communique?1473 devise1477 cutc1525 wade1527 enterparle1536 discourse1550 to hold one chat, with chat, in chat1573 parley1576 purpose1590 dialogue1595 commerce1596 dialoguize1596 communicate1598 propose1600 dialogize1601 converse1615 tella1616 interlocute1621 interparle1791 conversate1811 colloquize1823 conversationize1826 colloque1850 visit1862 colloquy1868 to make conversation1921 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 3 There shalt thou find my cosin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 24 The bookish Theorique, Wherein the toged Consuls can propose As masterly as he. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1350v.1340
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