propound

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Propound, prō-pownd′, v.t. to offer for consideration: to exhibit.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Propound this question, and in this solemn way to the women of the United States.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Propound your conditions, and if they be such as honour and honesty will permit me to accede to, I will do so willingly and at once.

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett

Propound the question to your sister, if you think she can answer it; if not, don’t say a word on the subject. 

From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

And if, as unto Solomon, God should Propound to thee, What wouldst thou have? how would Thy heart and pulse beat after heav'nly things, After the upper and the nether springs?

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John