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Main"swear` (?), v. i. [AS.
mānswerian to forswear; mān sin, crime +
swerian to swear.] To swear falsely. [Obs.]
Blount.

Main*tain (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Maintained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maintaining.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir,
properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) +
F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See Manual, and
Tenable.] 1. To hold or keep in any particular
state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up;
not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain
degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a
railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the
stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain
present reputation.

2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend;
not to surrender or relinquish.

God values . . . every one as he maintains his
post.

Grew.

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