Maintain vs. Aver

Maintainverb

To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

Maintainverb

To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).

Maintainverb

To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

Maintainverb

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.

Maintainverb

To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.

Maintainverb

To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.

Maintainverb

To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.

Maintainverb

To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

Maintainverb

keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

Maintainverb

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

Maintainverb

supply with necessities and support;

Maintainverb

state categorically

Maintainverb

of power or authority

Maintainverb

maintain for use and service;

Maintainverb

maintain by writing regular records;

Maintainverb

state or assert;

Maintainverb

support against an opponent;

Maintainverb

observe correctly or closely;

Maintainverb

cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue

Maintainverb

keep (something) at the same level or rate

Maintainverb

keep (a building, machine, or road) in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly

Maintainverb

provide with necessities for life or existence

Maintainverb

keep (a military unit) supplied with equipment and other requirements

Maintainverb

give one's support to; uphold

Maintainverb

state something strongly to be the case; assert

Aververb

To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.

Aververb

(legal) To prove or justify a plea.

Aververb

(obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.

Avernoun

(obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.

Avernoun

(dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

Avernoun

A work horse, or working ox.

Aververb

To assert, or prove, the truth of.

Aververb

To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.

Aververb

To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.

Aververb

report or maintain;

Aververb

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

Aververb

state or assert to be the case

Aververb

allege as a fact in support of a plea