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Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

Hallow :: Hallow (v. t.) To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.

Livery :: Livery (n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery..

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..

Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast..

Choke-strap :: Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place..

Separate :: Separate (v. t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Baby :: Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.

Time :: Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail..

Garland :: Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

Pernoctalian :: Pernoctalian (n.) One who watches or keeps awake all night.

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..

Bookkeeper :: Bookkeeper (n.) One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.

Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.

Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.

Diarist :: Diarist (n.) One who keeps a diary.