Crossword clues for maintained
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maintain \Main*tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maintained; p. pr. & vb. n. Maintaining.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See Manual, and Tenable.]
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.
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To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post.
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To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain talk with the duke.
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To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life.
--Stirling.What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
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To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it.
--South.Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See Assert.
Wiktionary
showing maintenance or attention v
(en-past of: maintain)
WordNet
Usage examples of "maintained".
Shell-people were encouraged to develop a hobby so long as they maintained proficiency in their technical work.
As you know, he has always maintained that restoration itself did not cause mental vegetation.
I doubt I could have maintained such control were I in a similar position, struggling to survive on her planet.
As Todd and Hrriss maintained, all that junk had been planted on the Albatross and that had to have been done while the Albie was on the pad at Hrretha.
Greene maintained his distance, making the occasional comment into his recorder, still prepared to defend if necessary.
Having been Speaker for External Affairs for more than forty years, he understood what could happen to their carefully maintained civilization if Hrruba was badly led, and he was determined not to allow that to happen.
I allowed Reeve to take those aliens to the surface of a peaceful colony and I'll make damned certain peace is maintained there' "Yes, sir,” Grace Castleton said.
Father might scoff at the premise that everyone had the constitu tional right to shelter, food, clothing, and education as long as he maintained a class average.
He'd over ridden her objections and, neatly reinforced by the shop attendant, who had visions of a respectable commission, talked her into buying not only the garnet red suit but two other outfits and some pseudo-leather boots: all completely unnecessary since Nora had maintained that the one good outfit would do for social occasions, and she could, after all, do well in student issue for classes.
She maintained a position to his port so that she could see both his hand signals and watch the lashed sleds in case they should shift in adverse winds.
Aygar maintained his dignity and composure despite his obvious excitement and curiosity.
A healer was not just another technician, in her strongly maintained opinion.
The plumbing that maintained its marine environment took up almost the same cubage.
She had even gone to him for advice on a most private and delicate matter - and so far as she could tell, he had maintained absolute secrecy.
Gori maintained a prudent silence, broken only by observations on activity around the transport.