the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain oneself [verb (reflexive)] (2)
reflexive. To preserve or maintain oneself, or continue, in such condition, etc. (Hence the intransitive use in 39.)
transitive (reflexive). To continue in an action or state; to keep oneself resolutely in a specified state (indicated by adjectival complement). Obs…