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Maintain :: Maintain (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..

Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..

Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration..

Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

Secessionist :: Secessionist (n.) One who upholds secession.

Prelatize :: Prelatize (v. i.) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.

Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..

Upheld :: Upheld () imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

Ultramontanist :: Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.

Monogamous :: Monogamous (a.) Upholding, or practicing, monogamy..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds..

Sustainable :: Sustain (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer..

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

Underprop :: Underprop (v. t.) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.

Avowance :: Avowance (n.) Upholding; defense; vindication.

Poling :: Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc..

Loyal :: Loyal (a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.

Regian :: Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.

Corruptionist :: Corruptionist (n.) One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption..

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