Propose is defined as to suggest or recommend or to ask for someone's hand in marriage.
(verb)See propose in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb proposed, proposing
Origin: LME < OFr proposer, altered (infl. by poser: see pose) < L proponere (pp. propositus), to set forth, display, propose: see pro- & position
intransitive verb
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See propose in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pro·posed, pro·pos·ing, pro·pos·es verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English proposen
Origin: , from Old French proposer
Origin: , alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place)
Origin: of Latin prōpōnere
Origin: : prō-, forth; see pro-1
Origin: + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots
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