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manutention|mænjuːˈtɛnʃən|
[In sense 1, ad. med.L. manūtentiōn-em, n. of action f. L. manū tenēre (see maintain v.); in sense 2, a new formation from the same L. phrase.]
†1. The action of upholding or maintaining, maintenance. Obs.
1603Florio Montaigne i. xxii. (1632) 53 Christian religion hath all the markes of..justice.., but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention of policies. 1657Trapp Comm. Job xii. 16 All creatures subsist meerly by his manutention.
2. The action of holding by the hand. rare.
1854Bucknill in 8th Rep. Comm. Lunacy App. G 126 The plan of manutension [sic], or holding violent patients for a long time by the hands of attendants. |