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maintained |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maintain \Main*tain\, 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maintained adj 1: kept in good condition [syn: {kept up(p)}, {well-kept}] 2: made ready for service [syn: {repaired}, {serviced}] 3: continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered" [syn: {retained}]
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