2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

Sprout, n. [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G.

sprosse. See Sprout, v. i.] 1. 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.