transitive verb. To keep up or carry on; continue.

transitive verb. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain.

transitive verb. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To provide for; support.

transitive verb. To keep in existence; sustain.

transitive verb. To defend or hold against criticism or attack.

transitive verb. To declare to be true; affirm.

transitive verb. To adhere or conform to; keep.

To hold in an existing state or condition; keep in existence or continuance; preserve from lapse, decline, failure, or cessation; keep up: as, to maintain an upright attitude; to maintain a conversation.

To furnish means for the subsistence or existence of; sustain or assist with the means of livelihood; provide for; support: as, to maintain a family or an army; to maintain a costly equipage.

To hold fast; keep in possession; preserve from capture or loss: as, to maintain one's ground in battle or in argument; to maintain an advantage.

To give support or encouragement to; uphold; countenance; vindicate, as by defense or adjudication.

To uphold by argument or assertion; hold to: as, to maintain the doctrine of the Trinity.

To represent; denote.

Synonyms and Defend, Vindicate, etc. See assert.

To behave; conduct one's self.

2. To hold as true; hold.

transitive verb. 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

transitive verb. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.

transitive verb. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.

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

transitive verb. To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

verb. stick to correctly or closely

verb. have and exercise

verb. support against an opponent

verb. maintain by writing regular records

verb. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

verb. state categorically

verb. maintain for use and service

verb. supply with necessities and support

verb. state or assert

verb. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

"Proponents of the term maintain that it must be realistically acknowledged that those who have power and benefits from racial privilege in a racist society is primarily white, and that the term “person of color” is a better generic term for those who are racially underprivileged than “black person” as it includes ethnicities other than those strictly of African descent."

abjure  alter  

maintainer  maintenance  

maintainability  

enter  have  have got  hold  put down  

bear on  carry on  conserve  continue  distance  

Alane  Aquitaine  Ayn  Bahrain  Biscayne  

8-foot-long  Laredo  anti-terrorist  blood horse  cell  

abide  accommodate  account as  advocate  affirm  

maintained  maintaining  maintains