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Webster 1913 Edition
Proin
Proin
(proin)
, Verb.
T.
[See
Prune
to trim.] To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
The sprigs that did about it grow
He
He
proined
from the leafy arms. Chapman.
Proin
,Verb.
I.
To employed in pruning.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Proin
PROIN
,Verb.
T.
PROIN
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2025
proin
proin
English
Verb
proin (third-person singular simple present proins, present participle proining, simple past and past participle proined)
- Obsolete form of prune.
- Chapman
- The sprigs that did about it grow / He proined from the leafy arms.
- Chapman
Latin
Adverb
proin (not comparable)
- Alternative form of proinde
References
- proin in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proin”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.