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entretenir (1155)
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entretenir (1155)

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  FEW:  tenere 13,212b Gdf:  entretenir 3,303b GdfC: ∅ TL: entretenir 3,685 DEAF:  tenir 1 (entretenir)  DMF:  entretenir 1  / entretenir 2  TLF:  entretenir 1  / entretenir 2  OED:  entertain v.  MED:  entertinen v.  DMLBS:  intertenere 1445b

v.intrans.

entretenir a
to look after, take care of: 
( 1361 )  concurrant et entrevant touz ceuls qui de droit et de coustume devent a ce entretenir  Lett Rois 143

v.refl.

1to embrace, hold one another: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Desur un lit se sunt chaues E ja se sunt entretenues  Waldef BB 604
♦ to cling together, hold one another: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ki veist cum eles mureient E cum eles s'entreteneient, Ja n'eust le quer tant felun, Qu'il n'en eüst compassiun  Brut WACE 6062
♦to unite, knit together: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E quant les [es]charneures s’entretienent e sunt emsemble print, emplez tote la plaie [...] d’un drap linge  A-N Med i 47
2to stick together, support one another: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Paien furent de grant vertu Si se sunt bien entretenu  Brut WACE 8440
( 1435 )  Si vous prions [...] que tousjours vous vous entretenez et gardés les ungs ovesques les autres en bonne union et amour commune  Lett Rois 435

See also:

entretenement 
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