Maintain ¹

Definition: 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.

Maintain ²

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

Maintain ³

Definition: To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.

Maintain ⁴

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

Maintain ⁵

Definition: To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

maintain ⁶

Definition: observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"

maintain ⁷

Definition: support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

maintain ⁸

Definition: state categorically

maintain ⁹

Definition: state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

maintain ¹⁰

Definition: maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"

maintain ¹¹

Definition: 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"

maintain ¹²

Definition: maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"

maintain ¹³

Definition: of power or authority

maintain ¹⁴

Definition: 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 an

maintain ¹⁵

Definition: 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"