maintain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maintain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maintain 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" Synonym(s): keep, maintain, hold 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" Synonym(s): conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up 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" Synonym(s): sustain, keep, maintain state categorically Synonym(s): assert, asseverate, maintain have and exercise; "wield power and authority" Synonym(s): wield, exert, maintain maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" Synonym(s): keep, maintain maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" Synonym(s): keep, maintain state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" Synonym(s): maintain, defend support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" Synonym(s): uphold, maintain stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" Synonym(s): observe, keep, maintain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maintain \Maintain\, 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}.