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Grammar : Verb
Spell : meyn-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : meɪnˈteɪn



Definition of maintained

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
  • verb care for, keep up
  • verb assert, claim; argue for
Example sentences :
  • This was an advance by leaps and bounds which has not since been maintained.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The duties were to be reduced and the system improved, but the principle was to be maintained.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Nevertheless, indomitable in her purpose, she maintained the struggle.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But the Sikhs maintained a remorseful silence and declined it.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Winnie maintained that he was much less “absent-minded” now.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Liberal institutions cannot be maintained without a party of Opposition.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Outwardly he maintained consistently a pose of impassive gullibility.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • However, it had at last been understood that silence could be maintained no longer.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It can only be maintained by the rigid continuance of the selection.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • He maintained order, and put a term to the aggressions of the Indians.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

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