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verbproin (third-person singular simple present proins, present participle proining, simple past and past participle proined)
present singular third person proins · participle present proining · participle past proined · past proined
- obsoleteObsolete form of prune.
The sprigs that did about it grow He proined from the leafy arms.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proin.
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