Keep

·vt To have habitually in stock for sale.

II. Keep ·noun That which is kept in charge; a charge.

III. Keep ·vi To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.

IV. Keep ·noun A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

V. Keep ·vi To take care; to be solicitous; to Watch.

VI. Keep ·vt To Care; to Desire.

VII. Keep ·noun The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

VIII. Keep ·vt To attend upon; to have the care of; to Tend.

IX. Keep ·vt To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to Guard.

X. Keep ·vt To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

XI. Keep ·noun The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.

XII. Keep ·vi To reside for a time; to Lodge; to Dwell.

XIII. Keep ·vi To Last; to Endure; to remain unimpaired.

XIV. Keep ·noun The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.

XV. Keep ·vt To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

XVI. Keep ·vt To supply with necessaries of life; to Entertain; as, to keep boarders.

XVII. Keep ·vt To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, ·etc.

XVIII. Keep ·vt To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

XIX. Keep ·vt To observe duty, as a festival, ·etc. ; to Celebrate; to Solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

XX. Keep ·vt To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, ·etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, ·etc. ) in a book.

XXI. Keep ·vt To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to Conduct; to Manage; as, to keep store.

XXII. Keep ·vt 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.

XXIII. Keep ·vt 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.

XXIV. Keep ·vt 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.

XXV. Keep ·vt 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.

XXVI. Keep ·noun 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.

XXVII. Keep ·vi 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.