different between propose vs immolate

English

Etymology

From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb) , propos (noun), from Latin pr?p?n?, pr?p?n?re, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

propose (third-person singular simple present proposes, present participle proposing, simple past and past participle proposed)

1. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

   Synonyms: put forth, suggest, (rare) forthput

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

2. (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

3. (transitive) 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.
4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1:

     HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

     There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

     Proposing with the prince and Claudio

5. (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 Appendix:English catenative verbs
• 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.

Derived terms

• proposal
• proposement

Related terms

• proponent
• proposition

Translations

Noun

propose (plural proposes)

1. (obsolete) An objective or aim.

Anagrams

• opposer, poopers

French

Verb

propose

1. inflection of proposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• opposer

Italian

Verb

propose

1. third-person indicative past historic of proporre

Anagrams

• propeso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immol? (“I sacrifice”) (past participle immol?tus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m.??.le?t/, /??m.?.le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??m.?.le?t/

Verb

immolate (third-person singular simple present immolates, present participle immolating, simple past and past participle immolated)

1. To kill as a sacrifice.
   • 1978, A.S. Byatt, The Virgin in the Garden

     A secular style, a new beginning after the iconoclastic excesses under young Edward VI, when angels, Mothers and Children had flared and crackled in the streets, immolated to a logical absolute God who disliked images.

2. To destroy, especially by fire.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 19:

     She imparted these stories gradually to Miss Crawley; gave her the whole benefit of them; felt it to be her bounden duty as a Christian woman and mother of a family to do so; had not the smallest remorse or compunction for the victim whom her tongue was immolating; nay, very likely thought her act was quite meritorious, and plumed herself upon her resolute manner of performing it.

Derived terms

• self-immolate, self-immolation

Related terms

• immolation

Translations

Anagrams

• ammolite

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im.mo?la?.t?e], /immo?late/

Verb

immolate

1. second-person plural present indicative of immolare
2. second-person plural imperative of immolare
3. feminine plural of immolato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.mo?la?.te/, [?m?????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.mo?la.te/, [im???l??t??]

Participle

immol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immol?tus