[sprout] vb [ME spruten, fr. OE -sprutan; akin to OHG spriozan to sprout, Lith sprausti to squeeze, thrust] vi (13c) 1: to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
2: to send out new growth ~ vt: to send forth or up: cause to develop: grow
[2]sprout n (13c) 1 a: shoot 1a; esp: a young shoot (as from a seed or root) b pl (1) chiefly Brit: brussels sprout
2. (2): edible sprouts esp. from recently germinated seeds (as of alfalfa or mung beans)
2: something resembling a sprout: as a: a young person b: scion