propound

t. [Formed from the obsolete verb propone, by the addition of an excrescent d; cf. sound, round (v.), compound, .] [PROPONE.] 1. Ord. Lang.: To put forward or offer for consideration; to propose, to put forth; to put or set, as a question. "Such questions As by your grace shall be propounded him." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II ., i. 2. 2. Law : To produce as authentic. pro-pound-er, s. [Eng. propound ; -er.] One who propounds; one who proposes something for consideration. prop-page (age as Ig), s . [Eng. prop , v.; -age .] That which props or supports; materials for propping; a prop. ( Carlyle .) prõpped, pa . par . or a. [PROP, v.] prō-præ-tor, *prō-pre-tor, s. [Latin, from pro =for, and prætor =a prætor (q. v.).) Rom. Antiq .: A magistrate, who, after the expiration of his term of office as a prætor, was sent out as governor of a province, with the same authority as a prætor. Generally speaking, proprætors were sent to govern provinces in which tranquillity prevailed, and which were not likely to be disturbed, proconsuls being appointed to the more important or doubtful provinces. The proprætor had supreme jurisdiction in all cases, criminal or civil, and could imprison, scourge, or even put to death, provincials; but Roman citizens, although resident abroad, had, in all criminal cases, right of appeal to Rome. pro-præ-tör'-i-an, a. [Eng. proprætor; -ian.] Of, or pertaining to, a proprætor. ( De Quincey.) pro-pre-fect, s. [Pref. pro- , and Eng. prefect (q. v.). One who acts for a prefect; the deputy of a prefect. *prō-pre-tor, s . [PROPRETOR.] *prō-pri-ate, adj . [Lat. propriatus , pa. par. of proprio to appropriate (q. v.).] Special, appropriated. (Combe: Dr. Syntax , ii. 7.)