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Provine

//pɹəˈvaɪn// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. obsolete

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

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.

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