To care; to desire.
To hold; to restrain from departure or
removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession;
not to lose; to retain; to detain.
To cause to remain in a given situation or
condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.
To have in custody; to have in some place
for preservation; to take charge of.
To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to
guard.
To preserve from discovery or publicity;
not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
To attend upon; to have the care of; to
tend.
To record transactions, accounts, or
events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter
(as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.
To maintain, as an establishment,
institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep
store.
To supply with necessaries of life; to
entertain; as, to keep boarders.
To have in one's service; to have and
maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse,
etc.
To have habitually in stock for
sale.
To continue in, as a course or mode of
action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep
possession.
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not
to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
neglect; to be faithful to.
To confine one's self to; not to quit; to
remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to
haunt; to frequent.
To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to
celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
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