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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_508.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_508.jpg}}]]'''v. trans.'''
<b class="b2">Support with food</b>: P. and V. τρέφειν, P. διατρέφειν (Dem. 419), V. φέρβειν.
<b class="b2">Maintain (an army fleet, etc.</b>): P. and V. τρέφειν, βόσκειν (Thuc. 7, 48, but rare P.), V. φέρβειν.
<b class="b2">Keep, preserve</b>: P. and V. [[σῴζω|σώζειν]], διασώζειν, περιστέλλειν, φυλάσσειν, διαφυλάσσειν; see also [[defend]].
<b class="b2">Cling to</b>: P. and V. ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
<b class="b2">Maintain</b> (<b class="b2">silence, etc.</b>): P. and V. ἔχειν.
<b class="b2">Keep up</b> (<b class="b2">a war, etc.</b>): Ar. and P. ἀνέχειν.
<b class="b2">Maintain</b> (<b class="b2">a feeling</b>): P. and V. ἔχειν, τρέφειν (Plat.), φυλάσσειν.
<b class="b2">Maintain</b> (<b class="b2">a cause</b>), <b class="b2">be friendly to it</b>: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.); see [[support]].
Absol., <b class="b2">maintain by argument</b>: P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι, διαμάχεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Maintain one's ground</b>: P. and V. μένειν (<b class="b2">absol</b>), ἀντέχειν (absol.), καρτερεῖν (absol.).
<b class="b2">Maintain oneself, make a living</b>: Ar. and P. ζῆν, P. and V. διαζῆν, P. βιοτεύειν, V. συλλέγειν βίον.
<b class="b2">Hold out</b>: P. and V. ἀντέχειν.
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