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24. To maintain; to hold.
They were honourably brought to London ,where every one of them kept house y lia^vard
Twelve Spartan virgins, noble, young, and fair,To the pompous palace did resor ,
Where Menelaus kept his royal court. Drydei
25. To remain in; not to leave a place.
1 pr’ythee, tell me, doth he keep his bed? Shah.
26. Not to reveal; not to betray.
A fool cannot keep counsel. Eccies. viii. 17,
Great are thy virtues, though kept from man.
Milton,
If he were wise, he would keep all this to himself, TiUotson,
27. To restrain; to with-hold.
If any rebel or rain spirit of mineDid with the least affection of a welcome,
Give entertainment to the might of it;
Let heav’n for ever keep it from my head. ShakSome obscure passages in the inspir’d volunukeep from the knowledge of divine mysteries.
Boyle
If the God of this world did not blind theieyes, it would be impossible, so long as men lov<themselves, to keep them from being religious.
Tillotson
There is no virtue children should be excited tonor fault they should be kept from, which the;may not be convinced of by reasons.
Locke on EducationIf a child be constantly kept from drinking cohliquor whilst he is hot, the custom of forbearin,will preserve him, . Locke
By this they may keep them from little faults.
Locke
28. To debar from any place.
Ill fenc’d for Heav’n to keep out such a foe.
Milton
29. To keep back. To reserve; to withhold.
Whatsoever the Lord shall answer, I will declare; I will keep nothing back from you.
Ter. xlii. A
Some are so close and reserved, as they winot shew their wares but by a dark light, an 1seem always to keep back somewhat. Bacon ’s E&
30. To keep back . To with-hold; to restrain.
Keep back thy servant from presumptuous sin;
Psalm , xh
31. To keep company. To frequent an;one; to accompany.
Heav’n doth know, so shall the world perceivtThat I have turn’d away my former self,
So will I those that kept me company. Shakesj.
Why should he call her whore? Who keeps hecompany?
What place? what time? Shakesp. Othelh
What tnean’st thou, bride 1 this company to keepTo sit up, till thou fainwould sleep? DonmNeither will I wretched theeIn death forsake, but keep thee company. Drydei
32. To keep company with . To have familiar intercourse.
A virtuous woman is obliged not only to avoiimmodesty, but the appearance of it; and shcould not approve of a young woman keeping coir,pany with men, without the permission of fa tin° r ^t-her. Broome on the Odyssei
33. To keep in. To conceal; not to tell.
, \^ er< if^ ve m y°u so excellent a touch of me•uV' you will not extort from me what I ai
wiHing to keep in. Shake*!
bypnax, y°ur zeal becomes importunate*.
1 have hitherto permitted it to rave,
And talk at large; but learn to keep it in,
Lest it should take more freedom than I’ll give i
Addisoi
34. To keep in. To restrain; to curb.
If thy daughter be shameless, keep her '<straightly, lest she abuse herself through ovemuch liberty. ; T ’ - '
It will teach them to keep in, and so mastertheir inclinations. Locke on Education .
35. To keep off. To bear to distance; notto admit.
36. To keep off. To hinder.
A superficial reading, accompanied with thecommon opinion of his invincible obscurity, liaskept off some from seeking in him the coherence ofhis discourse. Locke.
37. To keep up. To maintain withoutabatement.
Land kept up its price, and sold for more yearspurchase than corresponded to the interest ofmoney. Locke.
This restraint of their tongues will keep up inthem the respect and reverence due to their pa-rents. . . Locke.
Albano keeps up its credit, still for wine. Addison.
This dangerous dissension among us we keep upand cherish with much pains. Addisons Freeholder.
The ancients were careful to coin money in dueweight andfineness, and keep it up to thestandard.
Arbuihnot.
38. To keep up. To continue ; to hinderfrom ceasing.
You have enough to keep you alive, and to keepup and improve your hopes of heaven. Taylor.
In joy, that which keeps up the action is thedesire to continue it. _ Locke.
Young heirs, from their own reflecting uponthe estates they are born to, are of no use hut tokeep up their families, and transmit their landsand houses in a line to posterity. Addison.
During his studies and travels he kept up apunctual correspondence with Eudoxus . Addison.
39. To keep under. To oppress; to sub-due.
0 happy mixture! whereby things contrary doso qualify and correct the one the danger of theother’s excess, that neither boldness can make uspresume, as long as we are kept under with thesense of our own wretchedness; nor, while wetrust in the mercy of God through Christ Jesus,fear be able to tyrannize over us. Hooker.
Truth may be smothered a long time, and keptunder by violence; but it will break out at last.
Stillingfleet.
To live like those that have their hope in an o -1ther life, implies, that we keep under our appetites,and do not let them loose into the enjoyments ofsense. Atterbury.
To Keep. v. n .
1. To remain by some labour or effort in acertain state.
With all our force we kept aloof to sea,
And gain’d the island where our vessels lay.
2. To continue in any place or state ; tostay.
She would give her a lesson for walking so late,that should make her keep within doors for onefortnight. Sidney.
What! keep a week away ? seven days andnights ?
Eightscore eight hours ? and lovers’ absent hours, )More tedious than the dial eightscore times ? jOh weary reckoning ! Shakesp. Othello.
1 think, it is our way,
If we will keep in favour with the king,
To be her men, and wear her livery. Shakesp.
Thou shalt keep fast by my yuung men, untilthey have ended, Ruth , ii. 21.
The necessity of keeping well with the maritimepowers, will persuade them to follow our mea-sures. . Temple.
On my better hand Ascanius hung,
And with unequal paces tript along:
Creusa kept behind. , Dryden’s JEneid.
The goddess born in secret pin’d ;
Nor visited the camp, nor in the council join’d •But keeping close, his gnawing heart he fed ?Wi th hopes of vengeance. Dryden’s Homer .
And while it keeps there, it keeps within ourauthor’s limitation. Locke.
A man that cannot fence will keep out of bullies’and gamesters company. Locke on Education.
There are cases in which a man must guard, ifhe intends to keep fair with the world, and turnthe penny. Collier.
The endeavours Achillies used to meet withHector, the contrary endeavours of the Trojan tokeep out of reach, are the intrigue.
Pope’s View of Epic Poetry.3. To remain unhurt; to last; to bedurable.
Disdain me not, although I be not fair:
Doth beauty keep which never sun can burn.
Nor storms do turn! Sidney.
Grapes will keep in a vessel half full of wine, sothat tlie grapes touch not the wine. ^ Bacon .
If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale itmakes will not keep. Mortimer’s Husbandry.i 4. To dwell; to live constantly.
A breath thou art,
Servile to all the skiey influences,
That do this habitation, where thou keep’st.
Hourly afflict. Shakesp. Meas.fivr JSleas
Knock at the study, where, they say, he keeps,To ruminate strange plots of dive revenge. Shakesp.
5. To adhere strictly: with to.
Did they keep to one constant dress they wouldsometimes be in fashion, which they uever are.
Addisons Spectator.It is so whilst we keep to our rule ; but when weforsake that we go astray. Baker on Learning.
6. To keep on. To go forward.
So chearfully he took the doom;
Nor shrunk,nor stept from death,
But with unalter’d pace kept on. Dryden.
7. To keep up. To continue unsubdued.
He grew sick of a co nsumption; yet he still keptup, that he might free his country. Life of Cleom.
8. The general idea of this word is care,continuance, or duration, sometimeswith an intimation of cogency or coer-cion.
Keep. n. s. [from the verb.]
1. Custody; guard.
Pan, thou god of shepherds all,
Which of our lambkins takest keep. Spenser.The prison strong,
Within whose keep the captive knights were laid :Was one partition of the palace-wall. Dryden.
2‘ Guardianship; restraint.
Youth is least looked into when they stand inmost need of good keep and regard. Ascham.
Ke'eper. n. s. [from keep.']
1. One who holds any thing for the use ofanother.
The good old man having neither reason to dis-suade, nor hopes to persuade, received the thingswith the mind of a keeper , not of an owner. Sidney.
2. One who has prisoners in custody.
The keeper of the prison, call to him. Shakesp.Io now
W ith horns exalted stands, and seems to lowe :
A noble charge; her keeper by her side1 o watch her walks his hundred eyes apply’d.
Dryden.
A pleasant beverage he prepar’d before,
Of wme and water mix’d, with added storeOf opium ; to his keeper this he brought,
Who swallow’d unaware the sleepy draught.
Dryden.
3. One who has the care of parks, orbeasts of chace.
There is an old tale goes, that Herene the hunter,Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest,
Doth all the Winter-time, at still of midnight,Walk round about an oak with ragged horns.
Shakesp.
The first fat buck of all the season’s sent,
And keeper takes no fee in compliment. Dryden -
4. One that has the superintendence orcare of any thing.
Hilkiah went unto Hildah, keeper of the ward-rube 2 Kings .
Keener of the great seal, \custos magnisigilli , Lat.] Is a lord by bis office,
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