Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain..

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Enfeoff :: Enfeoff (v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment..
Bitstock :: Bitstock (n.) A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.
Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.
Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Sheetful :: Sheetful (n.) Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..
Halt :: Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth..
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder..
Seggar :: Seggar (n.) A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin..
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Apostolate :: Apostolate (n.) The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An upholsterer.
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..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Interviewing :: Interviewing (n.) The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.
Leaseholder :: Leaseholder (n.) A tenant under a lease.
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used..
Vice :: Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice..
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