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n.
Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
v. t.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
imp. & p. p.
of Maintain
v. t.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
v. t.
To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
v. i.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Maintain
v. t.
To maintain; to affirm; to support.
v. t.
To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
v. i.
The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
n.
One who maintains.
v. t.
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
n.
One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.
v. t.
To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
a.
That maybe maintained.
n.
One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
n.
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
n.
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.
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