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Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense. I. Watts.

To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. Shak. 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.

One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration. Chillingworth.

having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also proprætor.]

A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. Fuller.

gal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.

Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.

The state of being proprietor; ownership.

A female proprietor.

Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled." Robynson (More's Utopia). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. Jer. Taylor.…

A assistant proctor. Hook.

A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes. -- Prop`ter*yg"i*al, a.

To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Obs.] Hammond.

A fortress. [Obs.] Howell.

Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] Shak.

A defender; a vindicator. "Zealous propugners." Gov. of Tongue.

The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To repel; to drive off or away. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.