Part 6230

<blockquote>The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always <b>kept</b> in the castle of Vicegrade. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.</def>

<blockquote>Behold, I am with thee, and will <b>keep</b> thee. <i>Gen. xxviii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.</def>

<blockquote>Great are thy virtues . . . though <b>kept</b> from man. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.</def>

<blockquote>And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to <b>keep</b> it. <i>Gen. ii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In her girlish age, she <b>kept</b> sheep on the moor. <i>Carew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To record transactions, accounts, or events in; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> books, a journal, etc.</as> ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> store</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Like a pedant that <b>keeps</b> a school. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Every one of them <b>kept</b> house by himself. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> boarders</as>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>keep</b> but three men and a boy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>To have habitually in stock for sale.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> silence; to <ex>keep</ex> one's word; to <ex>keep</ex> possession.</as></def>

<blockquote>Both day and night did we <b>keep</b> company. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Within this portal as I <b>kept</b> my watch. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>I have <b>kept</b> the faith. <i>2 Tim. iv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Him whom to love is to obey, and <b>keep</b> His great command. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>15.</b> <def>To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> one's house, room, bed, etc.</as> ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it <b>keep</b>. <i>J. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>16.</b> <def>To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; <as>as, to <ex>keep</ex> a feast</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that <b>kept</b> holyday. <i>Ps. xlii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To keep at arm's length</col>. <cd>See under <er>Arm</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To keep back</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To reserve; to withhold</cd>. "I will <i>keep<i> nothing <i>back<i> from you." <i>Jer. xlii. 4.</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To restrain; to hold back.</cd> "<i>Keep back<i> thy servant also from presumptuous sins." <i>Ps. xix. 13</i>. -- <col>To keep company with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To frequent the society of; to associate with; as, let youth <i>keep company with</i> the wise and good.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To accompany; to go with; as, to <i>keep company with</i> one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept attentions from, with a view to marriage</cd>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To keep counsel</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Counsel</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To keep down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <cd>To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may not be diverted from the more important parts of the work.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To keep good</col> (&or; <col>bad</col>) <col>hours</col>, <cd>to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest.</cd> -- <col>To keep house</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from <i>boarding<i>; to manage domestic affairs</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Bankrupt Law)</fld> <cd>To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.</cd> -- <col>To keep one's hand in</col>, <cd>to keep in practice.</cd> -- <col>To keep open house</col>, <cd>to be hospitable.</cd> -- <col>To keep the peace</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace.</cd> -- <col>To keep school</col>, <cd>to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.</cd> -- <col>To keep a stiff upper lip</col>, <cd>to keep up one's courage.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>To keep term</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld> <cd>To reside during a term</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Inns of Court)</fld> <cd>To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar</cd>. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <i>Mozley & W.</i></cd> -- <col>To keep touch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Touch</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To keep under</col>, <cd>to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.</cd> -- <col>To keep up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; <as>as, to <ex>keep up<ex> the price of goods; to <ex>keep up<ex> one's credit</as></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing</cd>. "In joy, that which <i>keeps up<i> the action is the desire to continue it."</cs>