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Maintain
Definitions
- 1 To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
"maintain contact"
- 2 stick to correctly or closely wordnet
- 3 To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
"Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; [...]."
- 4 support against an opponent wordnet
- 5 To keep in good condition and working order.
"The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order."
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- 6 state categorically wordnet
- 7 To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. obsolete, transitive
"And thenne he asked leue & wente oute of his heremytage for to mayntene his neuewe ageynst the myghty Erle and so hit happed that this man that lyeth here dede dyd so moche by his wysedome and hardynes that the Erle was take and thre of his lordes by force of this dede man."
- 8 state or assert wordnet
- 9 maintain by writing regular records wordnet
- 10 supply with necessities and support wordnet
- 11 maintain for use and service wordnet
- 12 have and exercise wordnet
- 13 keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction wordnet
- 14 cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus) + tenēre (“to hold”).
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