propound

1. (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.Examples: "Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year."; "“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”"; "A Mormon tribunal will try a woman whose national campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment is said to be undermining the church. Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine.""Synonyms: put forward, advance, offer, propose, put forth, moot, producetransitive