provine

English

Etymology

From French provigner, from provin (“a set, layer of a plant”), Old French provain, from Latin propago, propaginis, akin to propagare (“to propagate”). See propagate and prune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvaɪn/

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Verb

provine (third-person singular simple present provines, present participle provining, simple past and past participle provined)

1. (obsolete) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
   • 1872, John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré, A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine:

     Do not provine, but fill up all places which have become vacant by two-year plants from the nursery

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈbine/ [pɾoˈβ̞i.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: pro‧vi‧ne

Verb

provine

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of provenir