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détenir

/det.niʁ/

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verb/det.niʁ/

to detain; to possess, to have, to hold

détenir un don, un pouvoirto possess a talent, a power

Synonyms: avoir, posséder

Inherited from Old French detenir, borrowed from Latin detinēre, and adapted to the conjugation of tenir.