abstinere

abstinēre

1. inflection of abstineō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

From Latin abstinēre, present participle of abstineō (“I withhold”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from teneō (“to hold, have, grasp”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

• IPA^(key): /abstɪˈneːrə/, /apstɪˈneːrə/

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• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧ne‧re

abstinere (passive abstineres, imperative abstiner, present tense abstinerer, simple past abstinerte, past participle abstinert, present participle abstinerende, verbal noun abstinering or abstinens)

1. (rare) to abstain (refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence)
   • 2006, Jens Bjørneboe, Brev i utvalg, page 211:

     først må jeg abstinere inntil jeg har fått min normale vitalitet og elan tilbake

     first I have to abstain until I have regained my normal vitality and energy

• abstinent (“abstinent”)

• “abstinere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).