maintain

v. தொடர்ந்து செயலாற்று, விடாமல் நடத்து, அழியாமலற் காத்துவா, செப்பனிட்டு வைத்துப்பேணு, ஆதரவளித்துக் காப்பாற்று, உணவுடையுதவி ஆதரி, ஆதரி, உண்மையென வற்புறுதது, மெய்ப்பித்து நிலைநிறுத்து.

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Synonyms

bear, uphold, sustain, underlie, befriend, assist, second,promote, further, suffer, defend, foster, nurture, nourish, cherish,endorse, maintain, continue, countenance, patronize, subsidize, help,back, stay, favor, prop #noun prop, stay, foundation, buttress, help, aid, assistance,influence, maintenance, living, patronage, subsistence, livelihood,food, [see addendum]

Antonyms

drop, betray, surrender, abandon, discontinue, oppose,discourage, weaken, exhaust, thwart, discountenance, disfavor,subvert, suppress #noun

Main*tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maintained; p. pr. & vb. n. Maintaining.] Etym: [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L.tenere). See Manual, and Tenable.] 1. 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. 2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. Grew. 3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. Maintain talk with the duke. Shak. 4. 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. Franklin. 5. 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.

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