Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store..

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Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Gonfalonier :: Gonfalonier (n.) A Turkish general, and standard keeper..
Preservation :: Preservation (n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation..
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like..
Miller :: Miller (n.) One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
Apron :: Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..
Souvenir :: Souvenir (n.) That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..
Cofferer :: Cofferer (n.) One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
Remembrancer :: Remembrancer (n.) One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder..
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
Custody :: Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
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