Propound: alternatives and connections

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.

A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, ac…

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; excl…

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…

To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a ce…

Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; t…

The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof…

Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclus…

To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.

Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.