PROPINE


Meaning of PROPINE in English

v. /proh peen"/ ; n. /proh peen", -puyn"/ , v. , propined, propining , n. Scot.

v.t.

1. to offer as a present.

n.

2. a present; gift.

[ 1400-50; late ME propinen propiner to give to drink, drink one's health propinare propínein to drink first, equiv. to pro- PRO- 2 + pínein to drink ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .