transitive. To hold, maintain, observe, keep, preserve.
| 单词 | θ96985 |
| 释义 | the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)] (21) i-haldOE transitive. To hold, maintain, observe, keep, preserve. sustainc1300 transitive. To keep in existence, maintain; spec. to cause to continue in a certain state for an extended period or without interruption; to keep or… keepc1315 To preserve in being or operation; to maintain, retain, or continue to hold (a quality, state, or condition) or to practise or exercise (a habit… maintainc1390 transitive. To cause to continue in a specified state, relation, or position, or at a specified level or number; †to secure the continuance of (a… conservea1425 transitive. To keep or preserve (a person or thing) in a state, from some injury, etc. Similarly without complement. Now rare. continuec1460 With complement: To keep on, maintain, retain (in a place, condition, etc.). entertain1490 transitive. To keep in a certain state or condition; to keep (a person) in a certain frame of mind. Obsolete. persevere1502 transitive. To maintain or support continuously; to cause to continue; to keep constant, preserve. Obsolete. uphold?1523 To maintain at the same level or standard. containa1538 To keep or retain in a certain state or order, under control, in subjection, etc. Obsolete. petrifya1631 figurative. To change as if into stone. transitive. To deprive of feeling, vitality, or capacity for change, development, etc.; to harden, deaden… conservate1647 transitive. To conserve, preserve. to keep on1669 transitive. To maintain or retain in an existing condition or relation; to continue to hold, occupy, employ, entertain, or display. to keep up1670 To maintain, retain, preserve (a quality, state of things, accomplishment, etc.); to keep from deteriorating or disappearing. preserve1677 transitive. To maintain (a condition or state of affairs); to keep up. support1696 transitive. To maintain in being or in action; to keep up, keep going; to provide the necessary material for. Also intransitive with object… fix1712 To settle or determine the form of, give a permanent form to (language or literature). ossify1800 transitive. To convert into bone; to initiate or promote ossification in; to harden, to make like bone, to calcify. Originally usually in passive. fossilize1848 transitive. To transform into something suggestive of a fossil, as lacking life, capacity for growth, etc.; to preserve unchanged; to make incapable… Subcategories:— maintain to a level or standard (1) — in effective condition (1) |
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