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Webster's English Dictionary

maintain

v. t. [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.)

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