vt to shoot into ramifications.
2. sprout ·vi young coleworts; brussels sprouts.
3. sprout ·vt to deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
4. sprout ·vt to cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
5. sprout ·vt to shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
6. sprout ·vi 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.