propose.' name='description'> propos'd - definition and meaning

Definitions

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  • verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of propose.

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Examples

  • Instead of engaging my Parents to intercede on his Behalf with me their darling Child, he, in my Presence, consulted my Father about a certain neighbouring Gentlewoman, who was propos'd to him in Marriage.

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • All Conditions of Portion and Jointure were there propos'd and approv'd on both Sides, and the Day appointed on which the

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • All Conditions of Portion and Jointure were there propos'd and approv'd on both Sides, and the Day appointed on which the

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Now it was that he propos'd to me the selling of a Lordship I had lying far distant, and to buy one nearer London, where Rents were better paid, and less Charge and Trouble, in gathering and receiving the said

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Instead of engaging my Parents to intercede on his Behalf with me their darling Child, he, in my Presence, consulted my Father about a certain neighbouring Gentlewoman, who was propos'd to him in Marriage.

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • I study'd, was how to make suitable Answers to my Father and him, when the long'd − for Question should be propos'd, that I might not betray my

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Now it was that he propos'd to me the selling of a Lordship I had lying far distant, and to buy one nearer London, where Rents were better paid, and less Charge and Trouble, in gathering and receiving the said

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Rents; and withal propos'd to spare something over, (that he had in View being less in Extent than the other) wherewith to buy him a Place in the

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Place over a Bottle; here Bosvil propos'd his Friend to my Father as an Husband for me.

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Rents; and withal propos'd to spare something over, (that he had in View being less in Extent than the other) wherewith to buy him a Place in the

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

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