## Meanings
1. To control and use something powerful, such as energy or natural forces.
2. A set of straps used to hold something safely to a person's body or to control a person or animal.
3. To put a harness on an animal so it can pull something.
4. A bundle of wires or cables grouped together by function.

## Examples
- Scientists are looking for better ways to harness solar energy.
- The climber checked his safety harness before starting up the cliff.
- They harnessed the horse to the cart before setting off.
- A faulty wiring harness caused the car's electrical problems.

## Derived Forms
- disharness
- harnessable
- harnesser
- harnesslike
- harnessmaker
- legharness
- reharness
- unharness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: harneys
- Root: harneis
- Root: hernois
- Root: *hernest
- Root: *nesaną

## Etymology
From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry.

## AI Etymology
Harness comes from Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “To control and use something powerful, such as energy or natural forces” and “A set of straps used to hold something safely to a person's body or to control a person or animal”.

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