Maintain (4)
'maintain' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for avow that I've seen before include "Declare - affirm" , "Assert - admit" , "Asseverate" , "Make a promise" , "Affirm, swear" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(I know that maintain can be written as hold)
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(Other definitions for hold that I've seen before include "Keep in one's grasp" , "Ship's cargo area" , "defend successfully" , "Have or possess" , "Continue" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(I know that maintain can be written as keep)
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(Other definitions for keep that I've seen before include "Fort" , "Act as custodian of" , "Retain in old castle tower?" , "Retain or care for" , "Main tower within the walls of a castle" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(averring is a kind of maintaining)
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(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "Say firmly, declare" , "Declare to be the case" , "State firmly, declare" , "State firmly and positively" , "Declare or insist" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(maintain can mean to insist something is true)
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(Other definitions for insist that I've seen before include "Declare or demand emphatically" , "express convinced viewpoint" , "Demand forcefully" , "Persist in pressing" , "Demand firmly" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(I know that allege is a type of maintain)
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(Other definitions for allege that I've seen before include "Cite in discussion" , "hold" , "Make a claim without proof" , "Declare without actual proof" , "Declare or assert without proof" .)
(Other definitions for assert that I've seen before include "Confidently say" , "Maintain formally" , "Contend, maintain" , "Establish control or state as true" , "State firmly, declare as true" .)
(Other definitions for uphold that I've seen before include "Maintain (a custom)" , "Support a decision or belief" , "Sustain and endorse" , "Champion" , "'Support, a court decision, say (6)'" .)
'maintain' is the definition.
(I know that maintain can be written as keep up)
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(Other definitions for keep up that I've seen before include "Progress at same pace as others, or maintain appearance" , "Stay with the pace, don't fall behind" , "Continue to be in touch (with)" , "Maintain pace with, don't lag behind" , "Don't dawdle!" .)