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   Sprout , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.] [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. sprūta, AS. spreótan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout.  Cf. Sprit, v. t. & i., Sprit a spar, Spout, v. t., Spurt.]
   To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
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   To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.]
   Bacon.
   
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   Sprout, v. t.
   To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
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   To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
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   Sprout, n. [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See Sprout, v. i.]
   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.
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   pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
   Johnson.
   
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   Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
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