Dictionary entry

Propose (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pro‐pose″, v. i. 1. To speak; to converse.

There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice,

Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak.

2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

3. To offer one's self in marriage.