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Synonyms for maintains


Grammar : Verb
Spell : meyn-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : meɪnˈteɪn

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Définition of maintains

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
  • verb care for, keep up
  • verb assert, claim; argue for
Example sentences :
  • In the first place, he maintains that you do not know how to recite verse.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Mr. Cruikshank maintains that you write the best Latin since Buchanan.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • But such abuses do not constitute promiscuity, as Lubbock maintains.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • MacLennan maintains the existence of matriarchy in promiscuity, but this is inadmissible.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • He maintains a whole family by the products of his brain—poor devil!
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • He, then, who maintains such a doctrine, is the most blasphemous of mankind.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Must not he who maintains that the Gods can be propitiated argue thus?
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • But this they will not hear to, but every one maintains his own for the best, and says, Ah!
  • Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
  • One small chamber, on the ground-floor, maintains a habitable aspect.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • Reventlow maintains there is no reality about this alternative.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 » by Various

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