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Best answers for Maintain – Crossword Clue


Answer: affirm


Clue Length Answer
Maintain3 lettersrun
  1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

Maintain3 letterssay
  1. Definition: 1. indicate; "The clock says noon"

Maintain3 lettersput
  1. Definition: 1. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

Maintain4 lettersstay
  1. Definition: 1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

Maintain4 letterstake
  1. Definition: 1. develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"

Maintain4 letterswear
  1. Definition: 1. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"

Maintain4 lettersurge
  1. Definition: 1. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

Maintain4 lettersbear
  1. Definition: 1. put up with

Maintain4 letterssave
  1. Definition: 1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;

Maintain4 lettersaver
  1. Definition: 1. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

Maintain4 lettersprop
  1. Definition: 1. a propeller that rotates to push against air

Maintain4 lettershave
  1. Definition: 1. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

Maintain4 lettersavow
  1. Definition: 1. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

Maintain4 letterskeep
  1. Definition: 1. the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

Maintain4 lettershold
  1. Definition: 1. the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

Maintain5 lettersthink
  1. Definition: 1. bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

Maintain5 letterstarry
  1. Definition: 1. leave slowly and hesitantly

Maintain5 letterstreat
  1. Definition: 1. provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

Maintain5 letterspress
  1. Definition: 1. lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"

Maintain5 lettersreply
  1. Definition: 1. react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

Maintain5 lettersstock
  1. Definition: 1. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"

Maintain5 lettersstick
  1. Definition: 1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Maintain5 lettersspeak
  1. Definition: 1. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

Maintain5 lettersshore
  1. Definition: 1. support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

Maintain5 lettersspare
  1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Maintain5 lettersrebut
  1. Definition: 1. prove to be false or incorrect

Maintain5 lettersstate
  1. Definition: 1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

Maintain5 lettersyield
  1. Definition: 1. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Maintain5 lettersstore
  1. Definition: 1. an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"

Maintain5 lettersclaim
  1. Definition: 1. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

Maintain5 lettersargue
  1. Definition: 1. present reasons and arguments

Maintain5 letterscarry
  1. Definition: 1. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"

Maintain5 lettersstand
  1. Definition: 1. remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"

Maintain6 lettersuphold
  1. Definition: 1. stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals

Maintain6 lettersreckon
  1. Definition: 1. expect, believe, or suppose;

Maintain6 letterspursue
  1. Definition: 1. go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"

Maintain6 letterskeepup

    Maintain6 lettersdefend
    1. Definition: 1. be on the defensive; act against an attack

    Maintain6 lettersinsist
    1. Definition: 1. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

    Maintain6 lettersrefute
    1. Definition: 1. prove to be false or incorrect

    Maintain6 lettersretain
    1. Definition: 1. keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"

    Maintain6 lettersremain
    1. Definition: 1. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

    Maintain6 lettersrun-on

      Maintain6 lettersset-up

        Maintain6 letterssubmit
        1. Definition: 1. yield to the control of another

        Maintain6 lettersregard
        1. Definition: 1. a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"

        Maintain6 lettersaffirm
        1. Definition: 1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

        Maintain6 lettersharbor
        1. Definition: 1. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

        Maintain6 lettersstrive
        1. Definition: 1. to exert much effort or energy;

        Maintain6 lettersassert
        1. Definition: 1. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

        Maintain6 lettersdemand
        1. Definition: 1. the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"

        Maintain6 letterssupply
        1. Definition: 1. state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"

        Maintain6 lettersallege
        1. Definition: 1. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

        Maintain7 lettersrecruit
        1. Definition: 1. cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"

        Maintain7 lettersprolong
        1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

        Maintain7 letterstake-it

          Maintain7 lettersdeclare
          1. Definition: 1. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

          Maintain7 letterspresent
          1. Definition: 1. a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

          Maintain7 letterspresume
          1. Definition: 1. take liberties or act with too much confidence

          Maintain7 lettersrepress
          1. Definition: 1. block the action of

          Maintain7 lettersrespond
          1. Definition: 1. show a response or a reaction to something

          Maintain7 lettersriposte
          1. Definition: 1. make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"

          Maintain7 letterssupport
          1. Definition: 1. something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest; "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"

          Maintain7 lettersprofess
          1. Definition: 1. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

          Maintain7 letterspropose
          1. Definition: 1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

          Maintain7 letterssuspect
          1. Definition: 1. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

          Maintain7 lettersprevail
          1. Definition: 1. s"

          Maintain7 letterssubsist
          1. Definition: 1. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

          Maintain7 letterssuppose
          1. Definition: 1. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"

          Maintain7 lettersprovide
          1. Definition: 1. take measures in preparation for;

          Maintain7 letterscontend
          1. Definition: 1. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

          Maintain7 letterssustain
          1. Definition: 1. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

          Maintain7 letterssurvive
          1. Definition: 1. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

          Maintain7 lettersprotect
          1. Definition: 1. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

          Maintain7 letterssurmise
          1. Definition: 1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

          Maintain7 lettersprepare
          1. Definition: 1. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

          Maintain7 lettersprotest
          1. Definition: 1. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

          Maintain8 lettersproclaim
          1. Definition: 1. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

          Maintain8 lettersregulate
          1. Definition: 1. check the emission of (sound)

          Maintain8 lettersregister
          1. Definition: 1. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

          Maintain8 lettersprotract
          1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

          Maintain8 lettersshore-up

            Maintain8 lettersstand-on

              Maintain8 letterspreserve
              1. Definition: 1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

              Maintain8 letterssuppress
              1. Definition: 1. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

              Maintain8 letterstake-for

                Maintain8 lettersunderlie
                1. Definition: 1. be or form the base for

                Maintain8 lettersspeak-up

                  Maintain8 letterscontinue
                  1. Definition: 1. exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

                  Maintain8 lettersset-down

                    Maintain8 lettersshoulder
                    1. Definition: 1. push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

                    Maintain8 lettersconserve
                    1. Definition: 1. preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

                    Maintain9 letterswear-well

                      Maintain9 letterspronounce
                      1. Definition: 1. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

                      Maintain9 lettersundergird

                        Maintain9 letterstide-over

                          Maintain9 lettersreinforce
                          1. Definition: 1. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

                          Maintain9 letterssubsidize

                            Maintain9 lettersspeak-for

                              Maintain9 lettersspeak-out

                                Maintain9 letterspredicate
                                1. Definition: 1. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

                                Maintain9 lettersreplenish
                                1. Definition: 1. fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

                                Maintain9 lettersstand-for

                                  Maintain10 lettersasseverate
                                  1. Definition: 1. state categorically

                                  Maintain10 lettersperpetuate

                                    Maintain11 lettersprovide-for

                                      Maintain12 lettersstick-up-for

                                        Maintain12 lettersstand-up-for

                                          Maintain12 lettersspeak-up-for


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