Definition of maintain

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Maintain (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.

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Covenant :: Covenant (n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc..
Polemic :: Polemic (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
Pensionary :: Pensionary (a.) Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies..
Monophysite :: Monophysite (n.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively..
Bolster :: Bolster (v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..
Polytheist :: Polytheist (n.) One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods..
Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
Maintaining :: Maintaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maintai.
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.
Maintained :: Maintained (imp. & p. p.) of Maintai.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..
Homoousian :: Homoousian (n.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian..
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