PRU'NE, verb transitive 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous branches of trees, to make them bear better fruit or grow higher, or to give them a more handsome and regular appearance. 2. To clear from any thing superfluous; to dress; to trim. His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his beak. PRUNE, verb intransitive To dress; to prink; a ludicrous word. PRUNE, noun [Latin prunum; in Latin prunus is a plum tree; Gr. the fruit.] A plum, or a dried plum.
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