maintain

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English maintenen, from Old French maintenir, from Latin manus tenere (“‘to hold in the hand’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

[edit] Verb

to maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)

1. To keep up; to preserve.
2. To declare or affirm a point of view to be true

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[edit] See also

• maintainer
• maintenance
• maintainability

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaiimnnt
• amanitin