nantir

From Middle French, from Old French nantir (“to seize (the guarantors)”), from nant (“pledge, security”), probably from Old Norse nám (“taking, seizure”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmą (“taking”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Old High German nām (“robbery”), Old English niman (“to take, seize”). More at nim.

• IPA^(key): /nɑ̃.tiʁ/

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nantir

1. (transitive with de (with) or with no preposition) to provide somebody

   Cet homme ne prête point si on ne le nantit auparavant.

   That man will not give anyone a loan without collateral.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de (with) or with no preposition) to provide, to get

   Je me suis nanti d’un bon manteau contre la pluie.

   I've got myself a good raincoat.

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• “nantir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.