maintain.html - v.tr.
1 cause to continue; keep up, preserve (a state of affairs, an activity, etc.) (maintained friendly relations).
2 (often foll. by in; often refl.) support (life, a condition, etc.) by work, nourishment, expenditure, etc. (maintained him in comfort; maintained themselves by fishing).
3 (often foll. by that + clause) assert (an opinion, statement, etc.) as true (maintained that she was the best; his story was true, he maintained).
4 preserve or provide for the preservation of (a building, machine, road, etc.) in good repair.
5 give aid to (a cause, party, etc.).
6 provide means for (a garrison etc. to be equipped).

maintained school Brit. a school supported from public funds.

maintainable adj. maintainability n. [ME f. OF maintenir ult. f. L manu tenere hold in the hand]

maintain.html - n.
1 a person or thing that maintains.
2 (also maintainor) Law hist. a person guilty of maintenance (see MAINTENANCE 3).

maintain.html - v.tr.
1 cause to continue; keep up, preserve (a state of affairs, an activity, etc.) (maintained friendly relations).
2 (often foll. by in; often refl.) support (life, a condition, etc.) by work, nourishment, expenditure, etc. (maintained him in comfort; maintained themselves by fishing).
3 (often foll. by that + clause) assert (an opinion, statement, etc.) as true (maintained that she was the best; his story was true, he maintained).
4 preserve or provide for the preservation of (a building, machine, road, etc.) in good repair.
5 give aid to (a cause, party, etc.).
6 provide means for (a garrison etc. to be equipped).

maintained school Brit. a school supported from public funds.

maintainable adj. maintainability n. [ME f. OF maintenir ult. f. L manu tenere hold in the hand]

maintain.html - n.
1 a person or thing that maintains.
2 (also maintainor) Law hist. a person guilty of maintenance (see MAINTENANCE 3).

maintain.html - n.
1 the process of maintaining or being maintained.
2 a the provision of the means to support life, esp. by work etc. b (also separate maintenance) a husband's or wife's provision for a spouse after separation or divorce; alimony.
3 Law hist. the offence of aiding a party in litigation without lawful cause. [ME f. OF f. maintenir: see MAINTAIN]

maintain.html - n.
Naut. a platform above the head of the lower mainmast.