maintain (the less freq. uses are the foll.)
1.
to
carry on (conversation) Ado IV. i.
185,
Tw.N. IV. ii. 109
“Maintain no words with
him.”
2.
to bear the expense
of, afford Shr. V. i. 78.
3.
to sustain (a part)
LLL. V. ii. 900.
