Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

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Intern :: Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country..
Watch :: Watch (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
Keep :: Keep (n.) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren..
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Tiler :: Tiler (n.) A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain..
Storax :: Storage (n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
Busy :: Busy (v. t.) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books..
Bay :: Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..
Suspensor :: Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful..
Remembrance :: Remembrance (n.) That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
Paymaster :: Paymaster (n.) One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same..
Phial :: Phial (v. t.) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial..
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