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- verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
propose .
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Examples
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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.
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All Conditions of Portion and Jointure were there propos'd and approv'd on both Sides, and the Day appointed on which the
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All Conditions of Portion and Jointure were there propos'd and approv'd on both Sides, and the Day appointed on which the
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Place over a Bottle; here Bosvil propos'd his Friend to my Father as an Husband for me.
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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
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