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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : meyn-teyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : meɪnˈteɪn |
Definition of maintains
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
- In the first place, he maintains that you do not know how to recite verse.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Mr. Cruikshank maintains that you write the best Latin since Buchanan.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- But such abuses do not constitute promiscuity, as Lubbock maintains.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- MacLennan maintains the existence of matriarchy in promiscuity, but this is inadmissible.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- He maintains a whole family by the products of his brain—poor devil!
- Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
- He, then, who maintains such a doctrine, is the most blasphemous of mankind.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Must not he who maintains that the Gods can be propitiated argue thus?
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- But this they will not hear to, but every one maintains his own for the best, and says, Ah!
- Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
- One small chamber, on the ground-floor, maintains a habitable aspect.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- Reventlow maintains there is no reality about this alternative.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 » by Various
Synonyms for maintains
- advance
- advocate
- affirm
- allege
- asseverate
- attest
- aver
- avow
- back
- carry on
- champion
- conserve
- contend
- continue
- control
- correct
- cultivate
- declare
- defend
- emphasize
- fight for
- finance
- go on with
- guard
- hold
- insist
- justify
- keep
- keep going
- look after
- manage
- nurture
- perpetuate
- persevere
- persist
- plead for
- preserve
- profess
- prolong
- protect
- protest
- provide
- rectify
- renew
- repair
- report
- retain
- right
- save
- say
- stand by
- state
- stress
- supply
- support
- sustain
- take care of
- uphold
- vindicate
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