maintain

  1. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. (defdate, 14th-19th c.) .
  2. Verb.  To keep up; to preserve (a state, condition etc.). (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  3. Verb.  To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. (defdate, from 15th c.) .

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