propine

See also: propiné

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊpaɪn/

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Noun

propine (plural propines)

1. Alternative form of propyne

Etymology 2

Latin propinō, Ancient Greek προπῑ́νω (propī́nō, “to drink to someone's health”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

propine (third-person singular simple present propines, present participle propining, simple past and past participle propined)

1. To pledge; to offer as a toast in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.
   • 1752, Christopher Smart, “The Hop-Garden”, in Poems:

     The lovely sorceress mix'd, and to the prince
     Health, peace and joy propin'd.

   • 1818, Archibald Johnston, The Mariner: A Poem in Two Cantos, page 15:

     He cheerly passes, quaffs the social glass,
     Propines the winds, or toasts some blooming lass.

2. (by extension) To give in token of friendship.
3. To give, or deliver; to subject.
   • 1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix:

     we would propine, both our selues, and our cause, vnto open and iust derision.

Noun

propine (plural propines)

1. A pledge.
2. A gift or gratuity.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “propine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Spanish

Verb

propine

1. inflection of propinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative