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proˈpale, v. Chiefly Sc. arch. [ad. late L. prōpal-āre to make public, divulge, f. L. prōpalam openly, manifestly, f. prō, pro-1 1 a + palam openly.] trans. To publish, divulge, disclose.
c1529in Fiddes Wolsey ii. (1726) 170 Never to propale the same to any man lyving. 1721Wodrow Hist. Suffer. Ch. Scot. (1828) I. i. ii. 130 The springs of such surprising treatment..are either secret, or not very fit to be propaled. 1730T. Boston Mem. App. 29, I do not desire it to be propaled. 1820Scott Abbot iv, Anxious to propale their misdemeanour. |