Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maintain

To keep up, preserve, bear cost of, keep in good order , repair , support , supply with means of support , provide for and sustain, to uphold, carry on or continue. The particular meaning of the term depends upon the context in which it is used.

(Carry on), verb

• adfirmare
• confirmare
• contendere
• continue
• follow up
• go on
• keep alive
• keep going
• keep on
• keep up
• perpetuate
• persevere
• persist
• proceed with
• prolong
• pursue
• shore up
• stick to

(Commence), verb

• activate
• begin
• embark upon
• initiate
• institute
• introduce
• launch
• originate
• set in motion
• set in operation
• start
• undertake Associated Concepts: maintain an action

(Sustain), verb

• abet
• adhere
• advocate
• aid
• assist
• attend
• be firm
• be firmly fixed
• bearup against
• bolster
• buttress
• care for
• champion
• come to the defense of
• conserve
• countenance
• cover
• defend
• espouse the cause of
• feed
• finance
• guard
• hold up
• justify
• look after
• make provision
• make safe
• nourish
• nurse
• nurture
• oversee
• preserve
• protect
• provide for
• rally to
• safeguard
• save
• screen
• secure
• see to
• service
• shelter
• shield
• shoulder
• side with
• stand by
• stand firm
• stand one’s ground
• stick to
• subscribe to
• subsidize
• substantiate
• supply
• support
• take care of
• take charge of
• uphold
• vindicate
• watch over
• weather

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