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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Propose, -pois, v. Also: -poys. [ME and e.m.E. propos(e (c1430), F. proposer (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. pro- and -poser; substituted for L. prōpōnere. Cf. Purpos v.] a. tr. To purpose or intend (to do something); to undertake. b. passive To be determined (to do something). c. ? To imagine, set before one's mind. Cf. e.m.E. in this sense (once, 1494). — 1497 Aberd. B. Rec. I 61.
Gif our ald inemeis of Ingland propose and schepis to lande, that the tone keep tham obscur c1500-c1512 Dunb. lv 6 (M).
Nou propois [v.r. -poys] thai sen ȝe dwell still Off Wenus feest to fang an fill — 1600 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 721.
[He was] proposit … [to have employed me] — 1685 Erskine Diary 126.
Tho we proposed many difficulties yet we met with few or none