propone, v. Now only Sc.
(prəʊˈpəʊn)
[ad. L. prōpōn-ĕre to put or set forth, expose, declare, propose, intend, f. prō, pro-1 1 a + pōn-ĕre to put, place. Cf. propound, propose.]
1. trans. To put forth, set forth, or propose for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; to propound as a question or matter for decision. Since 17th c. only Sc.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints v. (Johannes) 297 Proponand þam þat distinctiue..þat oþire þai to dame dyane prayand, suld [etc.]. 1513 Douglas æneis i. i. heading, The poet first proponyng his entent, Declaris Junois wraith and mailtalent. 1528 Gardiner in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. 137 Among all which requests nothing certain is proponed. 1538 Cranmer Let. to Cromwell in Misc. Writ. (Parker Soc.) II. 359 To call my doctors unto me, and to propone the same case amongst them. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 23 b, He would gladly agree to the matter proponed. 1640 Laud Wks. (1853) III. 318 These articles were sent unto me, not to be proponed to the church, but to be inserted amongst the canons thereof. 1676 W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. ix. (1848) 143 Mr. Livingstone proponed an overture. 1683 E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 77 If hee proponed ani Quæstions to ani. 1814 Scott Wav. xvi, It did not..become them..to propone their prosapia. 1893 Stevenson Catriona i. ii, The bits of business that I have to propone to you are rather..confidential. |
2. Civil and Sc. Law. To put, bring, or state before a tribunal.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. x. 1589 Þis Makduff til Lundyn past, And þar proponyt his qwerel. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VI 163 b, Such articles, as against hym should in open parliament be bothe proponed and proved. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. Table 62 And quhen he compeirs, he may propon his exceptions dilatories, and others. 1786 Burns Addr. to Unco Guid ii, I, for their thoughtless, careless sakes, Would here propone defences. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 795 Pleas proponed and repelled are those pleas which have been stated in a court and repelled previous to decree being given. |
† 3. refl. To offer oneself, to offer. Obs.
| c 1500 Lancelot 2461 So that thei can them vtraly propone In his seruice thar lyves to dispone. |
† 4. trans. To set before any one as an example or aim; to propose or offer as a reward. Obs.
| 1555 Cdl. Pole Let. in Cranmer's Misc. Writ. (Parker Soc.) II. 537 The great sophister and father of all lies..proponing ever that which is more agreeable to the sense. 1563–7 Buchanan Reform. St. Andros Wks. (1892) 10 Thair salbe twa bonnittis proponet to be given solemnly to the twa that makis best composition. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 143, I think the examples already proponed to be sufficient. a 1653 Binning Serm. (1845) 525 It might endear this Christian virtue [love] unto us, that God propones Himself as the pattern of it. |
† 5. To put before oneself as something to be done; to purpose. Also absol. Obs.
| 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 221 He propones to punise thame with al seueritie conforme to Justice. c 1598 D. Ferguson Sc. Prov. (1785) 25 Man propones, but God dispones. |
Hence proˈponed ppl. a., put forward, proposed, ‘given’ as a datum; proˈponing vbl. n., propounding; also proˈponement, proposing, nomination; proˈponer, one who propones, a proposer.
| 1533 More Answ. Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1044/1 Our sauiour..vsed in the proponing therof vnto them diuers waies. 1535 Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 420 Prayeng you to vse your discression in the proponing of the premisses to the Frensh king and the grete Master. 1553 Cdl. Pole in Strype Cranmer (1840) II. App. lxxv. 924 Consysteng the whole..in the proponement of the parson, that hath to put furthe the same. 1557 Recorde Whetst. D iv, When any odde nomber is propounded..multiplie that proponed nomber by it selfe, and it will make a square nomber. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 179 Some sentence of certaintie, touching this proponed controuersie. 1636 W. Scot Apol. Narr. (Wodrow Soc.) 261 The proponers were quickly cut off. |