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Maintain

Maintain Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Maintain? [v] observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" [v] support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" [v] state categorically [v] state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" [v] maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" [v] supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" [v] maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" [v] of power or authority [v] keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" [v] keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Maintain: assert \| asseverate \| conserve \| defend \| exert \| hold \| keep \| keep \| keep \| keep \| keep \| keep up \| observe \| preserve \| sustain \| uphold \| wield Related Terms \| Find terms related to Maintain: abide \| accommodate \| account as \| advocate \| affirm \| afford \| afford support \| allege \| allege in support \| announce \| annunciate \| answer \| argue \| argue for \| assert \| assever \| asseverate \| assume \| aver \| avouch \| avow \| back \| back up \| be afraid \| bear \| bear out \| bear up \| bide \| blow to \| bolster \| bolster up \| bottle up \| brace \| brook no denial \| buoy up \| buttress \| care for \| carry \| carry on \| champion \| claim \| clothe \| conceive \| conserve \| consider \| contend \| contend for \| continue \| continue to be \| contribute \| copyright \| cork up \| correct \| counter \| cradle \| crutch \| cultivate \| cushion \| daresay \| declare \| deem \| defeat time \| defend \| defy time \| donate \| dwell \| emphasize \| endow \| endure \| enunciate \| espouse \| esteem \| estimate \| exist \| expect \| express \| extend \| fancy \| fight for \| fill \| fill up \| finance \| find \| fund \| furnish \| give \| give support \| go on \| go treat \| guard \| guess \| have \| have a hunch \| have an idea \| have an impression \| have an inkling \| have the idea \| hold \| hold as \| hold in \| hold on \| hold out \| hold up \| husband \| imagine \| inhibit \| insist \| insist on \| insist upon \| invest \| issue a manifesto \| judge \| justify \| keep \| keep afloat \| keep alive \| keep going \| keep in \| keep intact \| keep inviolate \| keep on \| keep safe \| keep up \| last \| last long \| last out \| lay down \| lend support \| lengthen \| live \| live on \| live through \| lock in \| look after \| look upon as \| mainstay \| make a plea \| make available \| make provision for \| manage \| manifesto \| not destroy \| not endanger \| not expend \| not use up \| not waste \| nurture \| opine \| patent \| pay the bill \| perdure \| perennate \| perpetuate \| persist \| persist in \| pillow \| plead for \| predicate \| prepare \| present \| preserve \| press \| presume \| prevail \| proclaim \| profess \| prolong \| pronounce \| prop \| prop up \| protect \| protest \| protract \| provide \| provide for \| put \| put it \| rebut \| reckon \| recruit \| rectify \| refute \| regard \| register \| reinforce \| remain \| replenish \| reply \| repress \| respond \| retain \| right \| riposte \| run \| run on \| save \| save up \| say \| say in defense \| set down \| set down as \| set up \| shore \| shore up \| shoulder \| spare \| speak \| speak for \| speak out \| speak up \| speak up for \| stand \| stand by \| stand drinks \| stand for \| stand on \| stand to \| stand treat \| stand up for \| state \| stay \| stay on \| stick to \| stick up for \| stock \| store \| stress \| submit \| subsidize \| subsist \| subvention \| subventionize \| supply \| support \| suppose \| suppress \| surmise \| survive \| suspect \| sustain \| take \| take care of \| take for \| take it \| take no denial \| tarry \| testify \| think \| tide over \| treat \| treat to \| trow \| underbrace \| undergird \| underlie \| underpin \| underset \| upbear \| uphold \| upkeep \| urge \| urge reasons for \| view as \| vindicate \| vouchsafe \| warrant \| wear \| wear well \| ween \| yield See Also \| affirm \| allege \| arrest \| aver \| avoid \| bear on \| carry \| carry on \| check \| confirm \| conserve \| contain \| continue \| defer \| delay \| detain \| distance \| endure \| enter \| exclude \| go \| have \| have \| have got \| have got \| hold \| hold \| hold back \| hold out \| hold over \| hold the line \| hold up \| housekeep \| insist \| isolate \| justify \| keep apart \| keep down \| keep in \| keep off \| keep out \| keep up \| last \| live \| live on \| number \| patronage \| postpone \| predicate \| preserve \| pressurise \| pressurize \| proclaim \| prolong \| prorogue \| put down \| put off \| put over \| reassert \| record \| remit \| reseed \| resist \| say \| sequester \| sequestrate \| set apart \| set back \| shelve \| shut \| shut out \| stand firm \| stay off \| stop \| survive \| sustain \| table \| take a firm stand \| turn back \| uphold \| vindicate \| withstand Maintain In Webster's Dictionary \Main*tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maintained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maintaining}.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See {Manual}, and Tenable.] 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation. 2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. --Grew. 3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. Maintain talk with the duke. --Shak. 4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed. Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. --Stirling. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. --Franklin. 5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument. It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. --South. Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See {Assert}.

Maintain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maintain?

[v] observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
[v] support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
[v] state categorically
[v] state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
[v] maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
[v] supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
[v] maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
[v] of power or authority
[v] keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
[v] keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

Maintain In Webster's Dictionary

\Main*tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maintained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Maintaining}.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir,
properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F.
tenir to hold (L. tenere). See {Manual}, and Tenable.]
1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to
   support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer
   to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of
   heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to
   maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach;
   to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present
   reputation.

2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to
   surrender or relinquish.

         God values . . . every one as he maintains his post.
                                               --Grew.

3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.

         Maintain talk with the duke.          --Shak.

4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply
   with what is needed.

         Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life.
                                               --Stirling.

         What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
                                               --Franklin.

5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

         It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to
         be maintained by it.                  --South.

Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See {Assert}.

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