Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Propound

Propound , transitive verb

[From earlier propone, Latin proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See Position, and compare Provost.]

1.
To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. — Shakespeare
And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed? — Milton
It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. — Coleridge
2.
(Ecclesiastical) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.