PROPOSE (2)

Pro‐pose″, v. i. 1. 1. To speak; to converse.
There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak. 2. 2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
3. 3. To offer one's self in marriage.