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provine

/pɹəˈvaɪn/

provine verb: to lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.

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.
    • Do not provine, but fill up all places which have become vacant by two-year plants from the nursery1872, John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré, A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine

Forms of provine

third-person singular presentprovines
present participleprovining
past participleprovined
pastprovined

Origin of provine

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.

Questions about provine

What does provine mean?
Provine means to lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
What part of speech is provine?
Provine is a verb.
How do you pronounce provine?
Provine is pronounced /pɹəˈvaɪn/.
What is the past tense of provine?
The past tense of provine is provined.

Words near provine in the dictionary

  1. provincials
  2. provinciate
  3. provinciated
  4. provinciates
  5. provinciating
  6. provine
  7. provined
  8. provines
  9. proving
  10. proving ground
  11. proving grounds

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