SPROUT

I. verb Etymology: Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtan; akin to Old High German spriozan to ~, Lithuanian sprausti to squeeze, thrust Date: 13th century intransitive verb to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a ~, to send out new growth, transitive verb to send forth or up ; cause to develop ; grow , II. noun Date: 13th century 1. shoot 1a, b. plural brussels ~ 2, edible ~s especially from recently germinated seeds (as of alfalfa or mung beans), something resembling a ~: as, a young person, scion 2