Maintain

Definition:

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
• (v. t.) To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
• (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
• (v. t.) To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

Compare maintain with other words:

maintain vs. save

endorse vs. maintain

include vs. maintain

maintain vs. reserve

maintain vs. reverse

maintain vs. protect

advocate vs. maintain

maintain vs. review

maintain vs. mention

maintain vs. suspect

convinced vs. maintain

believe vs. maintain

doubt vs. maintain

assertory vs. maintain

maintain vs. underkeep

control vs. maintain

maintain vs. restore

maintain vs. repair

maintain vs. manage

maintain vs. monitor

maintain vs. stable

maintain vs. safeguard

maintain vs. service

build vs. maintain

maintain vs. preserved

innovate vs. maintain

ensure vs. maintain

attain vs. maintain

bolster vs. maintain

contend vs. maintain

maintain vs. tell

improve vs. maintain

demonstration vs. maintain

maintain vs. withhold

maintain vs. remain

maintain vs. maintainable

gamekeeper vs. maintain

maintain vs. supportable

insistent vs. maintain

claim vs. maintain

exercise vs. maintain

maintain vs. perpetuate

maintain vs. morale

maintain vs. thermostat

collator vs. maintain

legacy vs. maintain

maintain vs. ramshackle

maintain vs. tumbledown

buoy vs. maintain

maintain vs. stand

incubate vs. maintain

maintain vs. soothe

maintain vs. regulate

maintain vs. vindicate

maintain vs. sustain

maintain vs. nourish

maintain vs. maintainer

affirm vs. maintain

declare vs. maintain

maintain vs. uphold

maintain vs. support

fatalist vs. maintain

assert vs. maintain

maintain vs. preserve

maintain vs. retain

lister vs. maintain

bouncer vs. maintain

delete vs. maintain

like vs. maintain

maintain vs. manus

maintain vs. term

culture vs. maintain

carry vs. maintain

maintain vs. maintenance

garden vs. maintain

keep vs. maintain

hold vs. maintain