Propounding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propounded}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Propounding}.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere,
     propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before
     + ponere to put. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.]
     1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to
        propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak.


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              And darest thou to the Son of God propound
              To worship thee, accursed?            --Milton.
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              It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to
              propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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     2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to
        communion with a church.
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