MAINTAIN
VERBS
► BEHAD ► BEHOD to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KEEP to persevere in, to carry on with, to maintain → 1935 Amer. dial.
► OBTEND to put forward as a statement, reason, etc.; to pretend, to allege, to maintain → 1573 obs.
► OPINIATRE to maintain or persist in obstinately → 1652 obs.
► STAND TO ONE’S GUNS to maintain one’s position staunchly
► STICK TO ONE’S GUNS to maintain one’s position staunchly
► THROUGH-BEAR to maintain, to support → 1680
► TO-DERAIGN to maintain, to vindicate a cause, etc. entirely → c1320 obs.
► UPHOLD to affirm, to maintain in argument; to warrant, to vouch for → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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