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MAINTAIN
observe, keep, maintain
(verb) stick to correctly or closely; âThe pianist kept time with the metronomeâ; âkeep countâ; âI cannot keep track of all my employeesâ
uphold, maintain
(verb) support against an opponent; âThe appellate court upheld the verdictâ
assert, asseverate, maintain
(verb) state categorically
maintain, defend
(verb) state or assert; âHe maintained his innocenceâ
keep, maintain
(verb) maintain by writing regular records; âkeep a diaryâ; âmaintain a recordâ; âkeep notesâ
sustain, keep, maintain
(verb) supply with necessities and support; âShe alone sustained her familyâ; âThe money will sustain our good causeâ; âThereâs little to earn and many to keepâ
wield, exert, maintain
(verb) have and exercise; âwield power and authorityâ
conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; âWe preserve these archeological findingsâ; âThe old lady could not keep up the buildingâ; âchildren must be taught to conserve our national heritageâ; âThe museum curator conserved the ancient manuscriptsâ
keep, maintain, hold
(verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., âkeep cleanâ; âhold in placeâ; âShe always held herself as a ladyâ; âThe students keep me on my toesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)
(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19thc.]
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14thc.]
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15thc.]
Antonyms
• (to keep up): abandon
Anagrams
• amanitin
Source: Wiktionary
Main*tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maintained; p. pr. & vb. n. Maintaining.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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