abstinere

== Latin == === Verb === abstinēre inflection of abstineō: present active infinitive second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abstɪˈneːrə/, /apstɪˈneːrə/ Rhymes: -eːrə Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧ne‧re === Verb === abstinere (passive abstineres, imperative abstiner, present tense abstinerer, simple past abstinerte, past participle abstinert, present participle abstinerende, verbal noun abstinering or abstinens) (rare) to abstain (refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence) ==== Related terms ==== abstinent (“abstinent”) === References === “abstinere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).