propine

verb /pɹəˈpaɪn/

1. To pledge; to offer as a toast in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.

   Health, peace and joy propin'd.

   The lovely sorceress mix'd, and to the prince

2. To give in token of friendship.

3. To give, or deliver; to subject.

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

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry propine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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