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Definition of Maintaining
1. maintain [v] - See also: maintain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maintaining
Literary usage of Maintaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"I DESIRE to present to the Society, this evening, an apparatus I have designed
for the purpose of supporting the limbs and maintaining the lithotomy ..."
2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
"But it is a start In the right direction, and as the policy of maintaining a
library by taxation becomes better known many endowed subscription libraries ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"When a gas becomes too moist (that is, approaches steam) there is great difficulty
in maintaining a stable medium and dependable results are not obtainable. ..."
4. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1916)
"county commissioners to expend in constructing, maintaining and repairing public
roads certain funds collected from bicycle license tax. ..."
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