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Definition: To keep to
Keep
\Keep\, v. i.
1. 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.
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2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
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If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it
makes will not keep. --Mortimer.
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3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused
except locally or colloquially.]
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Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
--Shak.
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4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
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Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that
is in us. --Tyndale.
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5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
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To keep from, to abstain or refrain from.
To keep in with, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in
with an opponent.
To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to
advance.
To keep to, to adhere strictly to; 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 up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined
to one's bed.
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