1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak.
2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
3. To offer one's self in marriage.
PROPOSE Pro*pose", n. Etym: [F. propos, L. propositum. See Propound, Purpose, n.]
Defn: Talk; discourse. [Obs.] Shak.
PROPOSER
Pro*pos"er, n.
1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.
2. A speaker; an orator. [Obs.] Shak.
PROPOSITION
Prop`o*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. propositio: cf. F. proposition. See
Propound.]
1. The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering. "Oblations for the altar of proposition." Jer. Taylor.