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provine, v.|prəʊˈvaɪn|
[ad. F. provignier (3rd s. provigne), -vaignier, -veignier (13th c. in Godef. Compl.), f. OF. provain, mod.F. provin:—L. prōpāgin-em young shoot, slip, or layer. See propagate v.]
trans. To propagate (a vine or the like) by layering. Also absol., and intr. in pass. sense. Hence proˈvining vbl. n.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. xii. 31 Now also to prouyne is not the werst [L. Nunc et propago iure ducetur]. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. i. xii. (1589) 14 The father and mother sendeth them out in couples as it were by prouining or propagation. [Margin] Prouining, or propagation, is when a man layeth a branch of a..tree into the ground, so that it taketh roote of it self. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 198 This was not the right Cinnamon-tree, but..'twas impossible to make it provine. 1866Fleming & Tibbins Fr. Dict. II. 844/1 Provignement,..provining. Provigner, to provine, to lay a branch of a vine in the ground to take root, to layer. |