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provining

provining is the present participle and gerund 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 provining

What is provining the present participle and gerund of?
Provining is the present participle and gerund of provine.

Words near provining in the dictionary

  1. proving
  2. proving ground
  3. proving grounds
  4. proving out
  5. provings
  6. provining
  7. Provins
  8. proviolence
  9. proviolent
  10. proviral
  11. provirally

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