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nantir.

to provide

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/nɑ̃.tiʁ/

  1. to provide

    transitive
    Cet homme ne prête point si on ne le nantit auparavant.

  2. to obtain, to get

    reflexive
    Je me suis nanti d’un bon manteau contre la pluie.
Where this word comes from

From Middle French, from Old French nantir (“to seize (the guarantors)”), from nant (“pledge, security”), probably from Old Norse nám (“taking, seizure”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmą (“taking”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Old High German nām (“robbery”), Old English niman (“to take, seize”). More at nim.

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