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The Concept of “Holding”. Bases that all relate to the definition “to hold” Jessica Sinacore. The Set of Bases. Ab - Hab - Hib - Poss - Man(U )- Tin-, tain-, tent- Fid-Faith Cred-. Tin, tain, tent all mean to hold physically. Maintain, Contain, Content… .
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The Concept of “Holding” Bases that all relate to the definition “to hold” Jessica Sinacore
The Set of Bases • Ab- • Hab- • Hib- • Poss- • Man(U)- • Tin-, tain-, tent- • Fid-Faith • Cred-
Tin, tain, tent all mean to hold physically. • Maintain, Contain, Content…
But then you can relate it to the base “man”, which means hand—“I wanna hold your hand...”
Habit... habitat… to hold as a custom, a place you hold as your home or a tendency you hold. Hibernate... to hold a position of rest for a long period time
... possess or potent, to maintain or holdpower in a position.
there is a variety of ways you can hold things---physically, authoritatively, emotionally, mentally… to have a place in someone’s heart, to hold a position of power, to physically hold an object. The personal significance of ways of holding can go on within a never-ending spectrum.
You can even relate the bases that are defined as to “believe”, such as “Cred-” to hold a belief religiously, politically, or even just an informal opinion about a concept and so on.
Holding a belief can even relate to the bases of “fid” and “fidel”—faith.
The concept of holding can differ in many different ways, thus a variety of bases were created to identify with each different way one can hold something