entretenir (1190-1210)
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entretenir (1190-1210)

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

v.n.

entretenir a
1to look after, take care of: 
( 1361 )  concurrant et entrevant touz ceuls qui de droit et de coustume devent a ce entretenir  143

v.refl.

1to embrace, hold one another: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Desur un lit se sunt chaues E ja se sunt entretenues  604
♦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  i 47
2to support one another: 
( 1435 )  Si vous prions [...] que tousjours vous vous entretenez et gardés les ungs ovesques les autres en bonne union et amour commune  435
entretenement 
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