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Pronunciation : Sprout
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr, AS. spre?tan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, v. t. & i., Sprit a spar, Spout, v. t., Spurt.]
Definition : 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.

i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sprout
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sprout
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See Sprout, v. i.]
Definition : 1. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.

2. pl.

Defn: Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913