propose

verb

cf offer, suggestion

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpəʊz/ / /pɹəˈpoʊz/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb), propos (noun), from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.

An objective or aim.
“whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose.”

verb

To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
“I propose going to see a film.”
“to propose an alliance”
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
“He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.”
“After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home.”
To intend.
“He proposes to set up his own business.”
“I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.”
To talk; to converse.
“HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour; There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Proposing with the prince and Claudio”
To set forth.
“[…]so weighty was the cup, That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.”