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発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹəʊpaɪn/

名詞

propine (plural propines)

1. Alternative form of propyne.

語源 2

From Latin propinō, from Ancient Greek προπῑ́νω (propī́nō, “to drink to someone's health”).

発音

• IPA: /pɹəˈpaɪn/
• 韻: -aɪn

動詞

propine (third-person singular simple present propines, present participle propining, simple past and past participle propined)

1. To pledge; to offer as a toast in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.
   • 1752, Christopher Smart, “The Hop-Garden”, in Poems:

     The lovely sorceress mix'd, and to the prince
     Health, peace and joy propin'd.

   • 1818, Archibald Johnston, The Mariner: A Poem in Two Cantos, page 15:

     He cheerly passes, quaffs the social glass,
     Propines the winds, or toasts some blooming lass.

2. (by extension) To give in token of friendship.
3. To give, or deliver; to subject.
   • 1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix:

     we would propine, both our selues, and our cause, vnto open and iust derision.

関連する語

• propination

名詞

propine (plural propines)

1. A pledge.
2. A gift or gratuity.