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To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

To remain faithful to a given promise or word. +

{{non-gloss|To hold the status of something.}}

To maintain possession of.

(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.

To record transactions, accounts, or events in.

To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.

(archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.

To restrain.

(with ''from'') To watch over, look after, guard, protect.

To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).

(of living things) To raise; to care for.

To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).

To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.

To have habitually in stock for sale.

{{non-gloss|To hold or be held in a state.}}

(obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

To continue.

To remain edible or otherwise usable.

(copulative) To remain in a state.

(obsolete) To have rooms at college, at the {{w|University of Cambridge}}.

(obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.

(cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.

(obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

(obsolete) To be in session; to take place.

To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.

(by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

(dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

(Singapore) To put away, to put (something) back.

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. +

The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.

(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

(obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.

(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.

(obsolete) A mistress {{gl|the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations}}.