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tenanting

[ten-uhnt] Origin

ten·ant

[ten-uhnt]
noun
1.
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
2.
Law. a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.
3.
an occupant or inhabitant of any place.
verb (used with object)
4.
to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
verb (used without object)
5.
to dwell or live (usually followed by in).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English tena(u)nt < Anglo-French; Middle French tenant, noun use of present participle of tenir to hold ≪ Latin tenēre. See -ant

ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
ten·ant·less, adjective
ten·ant·like, adjective
non·ten·ant, noun
non·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
EXPAND
un·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
un·ten·ant·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE

tenant, tenet.
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Word Origin & History

tenant
early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-Fr. tenaunt (late 13c.), O.Fr. tenant (12c.), noun use of prp. of tenir "to hold," from L. tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
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