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n.
That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
v. i.
The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
v. t.
To maintain; to affirm; to support.
n.
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.
v. t.
To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
n.
One who maintains.
n.
The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
v. t.
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.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
a.
That maybe maintained.
v. t.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
n.
One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
n.
Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
v. i.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
v. t.
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
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