The act of setting or placing before; the act
of offering.
That which is proposed; that which is
offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal;
as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his
proposition was not accepted.
A statement of religious doctrine; an
article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and
Huss.
A complete sentence,
or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by
a copula] a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of
speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as,
snow is white.
A statement in terms of a
truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be
performed.
That which is offered or
affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed
for discussion or illustration.
The part of a poem in which
the author states the subject or matter of it.