n.[ F. gagner to gain + pain bread. ] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
Maintain talk with the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]
What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be maintained. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who maintains. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. mainteneor, F. mainteneur. ] (Crim. Law) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
Maintain talk with the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]
What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be maintained. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who maintains. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. mainteneor, F. mainteneur. ] (Crim. Law) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]