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provines

provines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of provine.

Meaning of provine

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

Questions about provines

What is provines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Provines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of provine.

Words near provines in the dictionary

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

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