Ojban vs Propose - What's the difference?

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ojban

Not English

Ojban has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'ojban':

oxepin

propose

English

Verb

(propos)

To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

To intend.

* 1859 , (John Gorham Palfrey), History of New England , Preface (Google preview):

I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.

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, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Many of the proposed dams would be among the tallest in the world.}}

(obsolete) To talk; to converse.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :

HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

Proposing with the prince and Claudio

(obsolete) To set forth.

* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:

. . . so weighty was the cup,

That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

Usage notes

* In use 1. this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . * For more information, see * Compared to to suggest'', ''to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.

Synonyms

* (l)

Derived terms

* proposal * proposition

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An objective or aim.

*, II.17:

*:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose .

Anagrams

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