maintain

English

/meɪnˈteɪn/

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
  • To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
  • To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French maintenir derived from Latin manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō, manū (with the hand, by hand) root from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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