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maintainsverbpresent tense third-person singular of maintain to keep in good conditionhe repairs and maintains antique cars as a hobby conserves, keeps up, preserves, saves servicessupports, sustainscares (for), husbands, managesdefends, guards, protects, safeguards, screens, shieldscures, fixes, heals, remediesmends, patches, rebuilds, reconstructs, rehabilitates, rejuvenates, restores disregards, ignores, neglectsbreaks, damages, destroys, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, ruins, wrecks to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objectionspart of debating is learning to maintain your position in the face of harsh challenges defends, justifies, supports, upholds advocates, champions, espousesconfirms, vindicates, warrantsaffirms, asserts, avers, avouches, avows, claims, contends, insists, pleads, proclaims, professes, protests, statesargues, debates, discussesemphasizes, stresses, underlines, underscores stands up for, sticks up for abandons, abjures, forsakes, recants, retracts, takes back, withdrawsreverses, switchescontroverts, disproves, rebuts, refutes to pay the living expenses ofwe simply cannot afford to maintain a horse keeps, provides (for), supports finances, funds, patronizes, sets up, sponsors, stakes, underwrites foots the bill (for), takes care of to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under considerationshe continued to maintain that a sewing machine would end up paying for itself since she could make her own clothes argues, asserts, contends, pleads, reasons adduces, cites, mentionsclaims, insistsaffirms, avers, avouches, avowsadvances, gives, offers, proposes, submitsadvises, counsels, recommends, suggests, urgesconvinces, persuadesadvocates, champions, defends, enforces, espouses, supportsexplains, justifies, rationalizesconsiders, debates, discussesconfutes, counters, disproves, rebuts, refutes to state as a fact usually forcefullyhe maintains that there is indeed hard evidence for extraterrestrial visitors affirms, alleges, asserts, avers, avouches, avows, claims, contends, declares, insists, professes, protests, purports, warrants announces, broadcasts, proclaimsargues, rationalizes, reasonsconfirms, justifies, vindicatesdefends, perseveres, supports, upholdsreaffirms, reasserts puts forth denies, gainsays abandonsdisavows, disclaims, disowns, negates, negatives, rejects, repudiateschallenges, disputes, questionsconfutes, disproves, rebuts, refutescontradicts, counters |