contineo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain; connect.
  • (of places) I enclose, bound, limit; comprise.
  • I detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
  • I check, curb, stop, tame, subdue.
  • I comprise, involve, contain.

Etymology

Affix from Latin teneō (hold, restrain, I hold, grasp) root from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
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Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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