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Definition of Maintain

Maintain 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. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed. To affirm; to support or defend by argument. Related Definitions: Affirm, And, Any, Argument, As, Bear, By, Cease, Certain, Condition, Continue, Decline, Defend, Degree, Digestive, Expense, Fail, Fence, Fertility, Furnace, Heat, Hold, In, Is, Keep, Maintain, Needed, Not, Of, Or, Particular, Possession, Present, Process, Railroad, Relinquish, Reputation, Soil, State, Stomach, Suffer, Supply, Support, Surrender, Sustain, The, To, Up, Uphold, What, With

Maintain Quotations The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it. Anita Hill If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. Francis Bacon Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. Mohandas Gandhi To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Pope John Paul II

Maintain Translations maintain in Afrikaans is bewaar, argumenteer maintain in Danish is beholde maintain in Dutch is vertogen, betogen, argumenteren maintain in French is conserver, maintiennent, maintiens, maintenons maintain in Italian is fiancheggiare, mantenere, ottengo maintain in Latin is conservo, alo (alui altum), retineo, teneo maintain in Portuguese is mantenha maintain in Spanish is apoyar, conservar

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