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KEEP, v.t. pret. and pp. kept. [L. habeo, and capio.] 1. To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to keep a house or a farm; to keep any thing in the memory, mind or heart.2. To have in custody for security or preservation. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary,was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade.3. To preserve; to retain. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, keeping mercy for thousands--Ex.34.4. To preserve from falling or from danger; to protect; to guard or sustain. And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. Gen.28. Luke 4.5. To hold or restrain from departure; to detain. --That I may know what keeps me here with you.6. To tend; to have the care of. And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Gen.2.7. To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay.8. To preserve in any tenor or state. Keep a stiff rein. Keep the constitution sound.9. To regard; to attend to. While the stars and course of heaven I keep-- 10. To hold in any state; as, to keep in order. 11. To continue any state, course or action; as, to keep silence; to keep the same road or the same pace; to keep reading or talking; to keep a given distance. 12. To practice; to do or perform; to obey; to observe in practice; not to neglect or violate; as, to keep the laws, statutes or commandments of God. 13. To fulfill; to perform; as, to keep one's word,promise or covenant. 14. To practice; to use habitually; as, to keep bad hours. 15. To copy carefully. Her servant's eyes were fix'd upon her face, And as she moved or turned,her motions viewed, Her measures kept, and step by step pursued. 16. To observe or solemnize. 17. To board; to maintain; to supply with necessaries of life. The men are kept at a moderate price per week. 18. To have in the house; to entertain; as, to keep lodgers. 19. To maintain; not to intermit; as, to keep watch or guard. 20. To hold in one's own bosom; to confine to one's own knowledge; not to disclose or communicate to others; not to betray; as, to keep a secret; to keep one's own counsel. 21. To have in pay; as, to keep a servant. To keep back, to reserve; to withhold; not to disclose or communicate. I will keep nothing back from you. Jer.42.1. To restrain;; to prevent from advancing. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Ps.19.2. To reserve; to withhold; not to deliver. Acts.5.To keep company with, to frequent the society of; to associate with. Let youth keep company with the wise and good. To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a journey or voyage. To keep down, to prevent from rising; not to lift or suffer to be raised. To keep in, to prevent from escape; to hold in confinement. 1. To conceal; not to tell or disclose.2. To restrain; to curb.To keep off, to hinder from approach or attack; as, to keep off an enemy or an evil. To keep under, to restrain; to hold in subjection; as, to keep under an antagonist or a conquered country; to keep under the appetites and passions. To keep up, to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. 1. To maintain; to continue; to hinder from ceasing. In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.keep out, to hinder from entering or taking possession.To keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed. To keep house, to maintain a family state. His income enables him to keep house.1. To remain in the house; to be confined. His feeble health obliges him to keep house.To keep from, to restrain; to prevent approach. To keep a school, to maintain or support it; as, the town or its inhabitants keep ten schools; more properly, to govern and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. KEEP, v.i. To remain in any state; 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 of reach. 1. To last; to endure; not to perish or be impaired. Seek for winter's use apples that will keep. If the malt is not thoroughly dried,the ale it makes will not keep.2. To lodge; to dwell; to reside for a time. Knock at the study, where, they say, he keeps.To keep to, to adhere strictly; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed. In popular language, this word signifies to continue; to repeat continually; not to cease. KEEP, n. Custody; guard. [Little used.] 1. Colloquially, case; condition; as in good keep.2. Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.]3. A place of confinement; in old castles,the dungeon.
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KEEP, v.t. pret. and pp. kept. [L. habeo, and capio.] 1. To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to keep a house or a farm; to keep any thing in the memory, mind or heart.2. To have in custody for security or preservation. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary,was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade.3. To preserve; to retain. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, keeping mercy for thousands--Ex.34.4. To preserve from falling or from danger; to protect; to guard or sustain. And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. Gen.28. Luke 4.5. To hold or restrain from departure; to detain. --That I may know what keeps me here with you.6. To tend; to have the care of. And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Gen.2.7. To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay.8. To preserve in any tenor or state. Keep a stiff rein. Keep the constitution sound.9. To regard; to attend to. While the stars and course of heaven I keep-- 10. To hold in any state; as, to keep in order. 11. To continue any state, course or action; as, to keep silence; to keep the same road or the same pace; to keep reading or talking; to keep a given distance. 12. To practice; to do or perform; to obey; to observe in practice; not to neglect or violate; as, to keep the laws, statutes or commandments of God. 13. To fulfill; to perform; as, to keep one's word,promise or covenant. 14. To practice; to use habitually; as, to keep bad hours. 15. To copy carefully. Her servant's eyes were fix'd upon her face, And as she moved or turned,her motions viewed, Her measures kept, and step by step pursued. 16. To observe or solemnize. 17. To board; to maintain; to supply with necessaries of life. The men are kept at a moderate price per week. 18. To have in the house; to entertain; as, to keep lodgers. 19. To maintain; not to intermit; as, to keep watch or guard. 20. To hold in one's own bosom; to confine to one's own knowledge; not to disclose or communicate to others; not to betray; as, to keep a secret; to keep one's own counsel. 21. To have in pay; as, to keep a servant. To keep back, to reserve; to withhold; not to disclose or communicate. I will keep nothing back from you. Jer.42.1. To restrain;; to prevent from advancing. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Ps.19.2. To reserve; to withhold; not to deliver. Acts.5.To keep company with, to frequent the society of; to associate with. Let youth keep company with the wise and good. To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a journey or voyage. To keep down, to prevent from rising; not to lift or suffer to be raised. To keep in, to prevent from escape; to hold in confinement. 1. To conceal; not to tell or disclose.2. To restrain; to curb.To keep off, to hinder from approach or attack; as, to keep off an enemy or an evil. To keep under, to restrain; to hold in subjection; as, to keep under an antagonist or a conquered country; to keep under the appetites and passions. To keep up, to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. 1. To maintain; to continue; to hinder from ceasing. In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.keep out, to hinder from entering or taking possession.To keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed. To keep house, to maintain a family state. His income enables him to keep house.1. To remain in the house; to be confined. His feeble health obliges him to keep house.To keep from, to restrain; to prevent approach. To keep a school, to maintain or support it; as, the town or its inhabitants keep ten schools; more properly, to govern and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. KEEP, v.i. To remain in any state; 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 of reach. 1. To last; to endure; not to perish or be impaired. Seek for winter's use apples that will keep. If the malt is not thoroughly dried,the ale it makes will not keep.2. To lodge; to dwell; to reside for a time. Knock at the study, where, they say, he keeps.To keep to, to adhere strictly; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed. In popular language, this word signifies to continue; to repeat continually; not to cease. KEEP, n. Custody; guard. [Little used.] 1. Colloquially, case; condition; as in good keep.2. Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.]3. A place of confinement; in old castles,the dungeon. | KEEP, n.- Custody; guard. [Little used.] – Dryden.
- Colloquially, case; condition; as, in good keep. – English.
- Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.] – Ascham.
- A place of security; in old castles, the dungeon.
KEEP, v.i.- To remain in any state; 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 of reach.
- To last; to endure; not to perish or be impaired. Seek for winter's use apples that will keep.
If the malt is not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. – Mortimer.
- To lodge; to dwell; to reside for a time.
Knock at the study; where, they say, he keeps. – Shak.
To keep to, to adhere strictly; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise.
To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. – Dryden.
To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed.
In popular language, this word signifies to continue; to repeat continually; not to cease.
KEEP, v.t. [pret. and pp. kept. Sax. cepan, Syr. ܟܒܐ kaba, Eth. ዐቀበ akaba, to keep. Class Gb, No. 68, 85. The word coincides in elements with have, L. habeo, and capio, but I think the radical sense to be different.]- To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to keep a house or a farm; to keep any thing in the memory, mind or heart.
- To have in custody for security or preservation.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. – Knolles.
- To preserve; to retain.
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, keeping mercy for thousands. – Ex. xxxiv.
- To preserve from falling or from danger; to protect; to guard or sustain.
And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. – Gen. xxviii. Luke iv.
- To hold or restrain from departure; to detain.
That I may know what keeps me here with you. – Dryden.
- To tend; to have the care of.
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. – Gen. ii.
- To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay.
- To preserve in any tenor or state. Keep a stiff rein.
Keep the constitution sound. – Addison.
- To regard; to attend to.
While the stars and course of heaven I keep. – Dryden.
- To hold in any state; as, to keep in order.
- To continue any state, course or action; as, to keep silence; to keep the same road or the same pace; to keep reading or talking; to keep a given distance.
- To practice; to do or perform; to obey; to observe in practice; not to neglect or violate; as, to keep the laws, statutes or commandments of God. – Scripture.
- To fulfill; to perform; as, to keep one's word, promise or covenant.
- To practice; to use habitually; as, to keep bad hours. – Pope.
- To copy carefully.
Her servant's eyes were fix'd upon her face, / And as she moved or turned, her motions viewed, / Her measures kept, and step by step pursued. – Dryden.
- To observe or solemnize.
Ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord. – Ex. xii.
- To board; to maintain; to supply with necessaries of life. The men are kept at a moderate price per week.
- To have in the house; to entertain; as, to keep lodgers.
- To maintain; not to intermit; as, to keep watch or guard.
- To hold in one's own bosom; to confine to one's own knowledge; not to disclose or communicate to others; not to betray; as, to keep a secret; to keep one's own counsel.
- To have in pay; as, to keep a servant.
To keep back, to reserve; to withhold; not to disclose or communicate.
I will keep nothing back from you. – Jer. xlii.
#2. To restrain; to prevent from advancing.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. – Ps. xix.
#3. To reserve; to withhold; not to deliver. – Acts v.
To keep company with, to frequent the society of; to associate with. Let youth keep company with the wise and good.
#2. To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a journey or voyage.
To keep down, to prevent from rising; not to lift or suffer to be raised.
To keep in, to prevent from escape; to hold in confinement.
#2. To conceal; not to tell or disclose.
#3. To restrain; to curb. – Locke.
To keep off, to hinder from approach or attack; as, to keep off an enemy or an evil.
To keep under, to restrain; to hold in subjection; as, to keep under an antagonist or a conquered country; to keep under the appetites and passions.
To keep up, to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit.
#2. To maintain; to continue; to hinder from ceasing.
In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it. – Locke.
To keep out, to hinder from entering or taking possession.
To keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed.
To keep house, to maintain a family state. His income enables him to keep house.
#2. To remain in the house; to be confined. His feeble health obliges him to keep house.
To keep from, to restrain; to prevent approach.
To keep a school, to maintain or support it; as, the town or its inhabitants keep ten schools; more properly, to govern and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.
To keep a term, in universities, is to reside during a term.
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- To care; to desire.
- 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.
- The
act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
- 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 last; to endure; to remain
unimpaired.
- The state of being kept; hence, the
resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
- To cause to remain in a given situation or
condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.
- To reside for a time; to lodge; to
dwell.
- The means or provisions by which one is
kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
- To have in custody; to have in some place
for preservation; to take charge of.
- To take care; to be solicitous; to
watch.
- That which keeps or protects; a
stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and
securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the
lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See
Illust. of Castle.
- To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to
guard.
- To be in session; as, school keeps
to-day.
- That which is kept in charge; a
charge.
- To preserve from discovery or publicity;
not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
- A cap for retaining
anything, as a journal box, in place.
- 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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Keep KEEP, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive kept. [Latin habeo, and capio.] 1. To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to keep a house or a farm; to keep any thing in the memory, mind or heart. 2. To have in custody for security or preservation. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. 3. To preserve; to retain. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, keeping mercy for thousands--Exodus 34:18. 4. To preserve from falling or from danger; to protect; to guard or sustain. And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. Genesis 28:15. Luke 4:10. 5. To hold or restrain from departure; to detain. --That I may know what keeps me here with you. 6. To tend; to have the care of. And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15. 7. To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay. 8. To preserve in any tenor or state. keep a stiff rein. KEEP the constitution sound. 9. To regard; to attend to. While the stars and course of heaven I keep-- 10. To hold in any state; as, to keep in order. 11. To continue any state, course or action; as, to keep silence; to keep the same road or the same pace; to keep reading or talking; to keep a given distance. 12. To practice; to do or perform; to obey; to observe in practice; not to neglect or violate; as, to keep the laws, statutes or commandments of God. 13. To fulfill; to perform; as, to keep one's word, promise or covenant. 14. To practice; to use habitually; as, to keep bad hours. 15. To copy carefully. Her servant's eyes were fix'd upon her face, And as she moved or turned, her motions viewed, Her measures kept, and step by step pursued. 16. To observe or solemnize. 17. To board; to maintain; to supply with necessaries of life. The men are kept at a moderate price per week. 18. To have in the house; to entertain; as, to keep lodgers. 19. To maintain; not to intermit; as, to keep watch or guard. 20. To hold in one's own bosom; to confine to one's own knowledge; not to disclose or communicate to others; not to betray; as, to keep a secret; to keep one's own counsel. 21. To have in pay; as, to keep a servant. To keep back, to reserve; to withhold; not to disclose or communicate. I will keep nothing back from you. Jeremiah 42:4. 1. To restrain; ; to prevent from advancing. KEEP back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Psalms 19:13. 2. To reserve; to withhold; not to deliver. Acts 5:3. To keep company with, to frequent the society of; to associate with. Let youth keep company with the wise and good. To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a journey or voyage. To keep down, to prevent from rising; not to lift or suffer to be raised. To keep in, to prevent from escape; to hold in confinement. 1. To conceal; not to tell or disclose. 2. To restrain; to curb. To keep off, to hinder from approach or attack; as, to keep off an enemy or an evil. To keep under, to restrain; to hold in subjection; as, to keep under an antagonist or a conquered country; to keep under the appetites and passions. To keep up, to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. 1. To maintain; to continue; to hinder from ceasing. In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.keep out, to hinder from entering or taking possession. To keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed. To keep house, to maintain a family state. His income enables him to keep house. 1. To remain in the house; to be confined. His feeble health obliges him to keep house. To keep from, to restrain; to prevent approach. To keep a school, to maintain or support it; as, the town or its inhabitants keep ten schools; more properly, to govern and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. KEEP, verb intransitive To remain in any state; 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 of reach. 1. To last; to endure; not to perish or be impaired. Seek for winter's use apples that will keep If the malt is not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep 2. To lodge; to dwell; to reside for a time. Knock at the study, where, they say, he keeps. To keep to, to adhere strictly; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed. In popular language, this word signifies to continue; to repeat continually; not to cease. KEEP, noun Custody; guard. [Little used.] 1. Colloquially, case; condition; as in good keep 2. Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.] 3. A place of confinement; in old castles, the dungeon.
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