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- Maintain - 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.
- Maintain - v. t. - To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
- Maintain - v. t. - To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
- Maintain - v. t. - To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
- Maintain - v. t. - To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
- Maintainable - a. - That maybe maintained.
- Maintained - imp. & p. p. - of Maintain
- Maintainer - n. - One who maintains.
- Maintaining - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Maintain
- Maintainor - n. - One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
- Spiritualist - n. - One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
- Danegelt - n. - An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.
- Amphictyony - n. - A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
- Governor - n. - A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
- Maintain - 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.
- Conservative - a. - Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
- Affirm - v. t. - To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
- 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.
- Plead - v. t. - To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
- Augustinian - n. - One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
- Hold - v. t. - To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- Threap - v. t. - To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.
- Retainer - n. - A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.
- Vouch - v. t. - To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
- Stylet - n. - A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.
- Ditheism - n. - The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.
- Sea legs - - Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
- 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.
- Sophister - v. t. - To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.
- Entertain - v. t. - To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
- Baptist - n. - One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.
- Chalaza - n. - A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
- Preserve - v. t. - To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
- Vehmic - a. - Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
- Pose - v. i. - To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
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- H6213 עָשָׂה - 6213 עָשָׂה - עָשָׂה - - ʻâsâh - aw-saw' - a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use. - Verb - heb
- H6113 עָצָר - 6113 עָצָר - עָצָר - - ʻâtsâr - aw-tsar' - a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble; [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self). - Verb - heb
- H2388 חָזַק - 2388 חָזַק - חָזַק - - châzaq - khaw-zak' - a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand. - Verb - heb
- H3557 כּוּל - 3557 כּוּל - כּוּל - - kûwl - kool - a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses); (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals). - Verb - heb
- H5341 נָצַר - 5341 נָצַר - נָצַר - - nâtsar - naw-tsar' - a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.); besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man). - Verb - heb
- G4291 προΐστημι - 4291 προΐστημι - ΠΡΟΐΣΤΗΜΙ - - proḯstēmi - pro-is'-tay-mee - from πρό and ἵστημι; to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise:--maintain, be over, rule. - Verb - greek
- H8551 תָּמַךְ - 8551 תָּמַךְ - תָּמַךְ - - tâmak - taw-mak' - a primitive root; to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close; (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up). - Verb - heb
- G5083 τηρέω - 5083 τηρέω - ΤΗΡΈΩ - - tēréō - tay-reh'-o - from (a watch; perhaps akin to θεωρέω); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from φυλάσσω, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from κουστωδία, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried):--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch. - Verb - greek
- H3198 יָכַח - 3198 יָכַח - יָכַח - - yâkach - yaw-kahh' - a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise. - Verb - heb
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- 1 Kings 11 8:45 - Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ושׁמעת השׁמים את־תפלתם ואת־תחנתם ועשׂית משׁפטם - 1 Kings 11 8:59 - And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times , as the matter shall require:
ויהיו דברי אלה אשׁר התחננתי לפני יהוה קרבים אל־יהוה אלהינו יומם ולילה לעשׂות משׁפט עבדו ומשׁפט עמו ישׂראל דבר־יום ביומו - Job 18 13:15 - Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
הן יקטלני לא איחל אכ־דרכי אל־פניו אוכיח - Titus 56 3:8 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly , that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
ΠΙΣΤΟς Ο ΛΟΓΟς ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΟΥΤΩΝ ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΔΙΑΒΕΒΑΙΟΥΣΨΑΙ ΙΝΑ ΦΡΟΝΤΙΖΩΣΙΝ ΚΑΛΩΝ ΕΡΓΩΝ ΠΡΟΙΣΤΑΣΨΑΙ ΟΙ ΠΕΠΙΣΤΕΥΚΟΤΕς ΨΕΩ ΤΑΥΤΑ ΕΣΤΙΝ ΚΑΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΩΦΕΛΙΜΑ ΤΟΙς ΑΝΨΡΩΠΟΙς - Titus 56 3:14 - And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
ΜΑΝΨΑΝΕΤΩΣΑΝ ΔΕ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΗΜΕΤΕΡΟΙ ΚΑΛΩΝ ΕΡΓΩΝ ΠΡΟΙΣΤΑΣΨΑΙ ΕΙς ΤΑς ΑΝΑΓΚΑΙΑς ΧΡΕΙΑς ΙΝΑ ΜΗ ΩΣΙΝ ΑΚΑΡΠΟΙ
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- Titus 56 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
ΔΈ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ ἩΜΈΤΕΡΟΣ ΚΑΊ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ ΠΡΟΐΣΤΗΜΙ ΚΑΛΌΣ ἜΡΓΟΝ ΕἸΣ ἈΝΑΓΚΑῖΟΣ ΧΡΕΊΑ ἽΝΑ ΜΉ Ὦ ἽΝΑ ΜΉ ἌΚΑΡΠΟΣ - 1 Kings 11 8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
דָּבָר חָנַן פָּנִים יְהֹוָה קָרוֹב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים יוֹמָם לַיִל עָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט עֶבֶד מִשְׁפָּט עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹם יוֹם דָּבָר - 1 Kings 11 8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
שָׁמַע תְּפִלָּה תְּחִנָּה שָׁמַיִם יָשַׁב מָכוֹן עָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט - Titus 56 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
ΠΙΣΤΌΣ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΚΑΊ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΊ ΒΟΎΛΟΜΑΙ ΣΈ ΔΙΑΒΕΒΑΙΌΟΜΑΙ ἽΝΑ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ ΘΕΌΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΊΖΩ ΠΡΟΐΣΤΗΜΙ ΚΑΛΌΣ ἜΡΓΟΝ ΤΑῦΤΑ ἘΣΤΊ ΚΑΛΌΣ ΚΑΊ ὨΦΈΛΙΜΟΣ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ - 1 Kings 11 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
שָׁמַע שָׁמַיִם תְּפִלָּה תְּחִנָּה עָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט