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vb. To care; to desire. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. In this sense it is often used with prepositions and adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from, to keep in, out, or off, etc. To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. To preserve from danger, harm, or ...