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allege, aver, carry, distance, hold the line, housekeep, justify, patronage, predicate, proclaim, reseed, say, vindicate

., absolute ceiling, air bladder, allege, apanage, appanage, autoregulation, aver, backsliding, barrier, basal metabolism, bath, bear on, bet, boil, brooder, caliphate, cardiac massage, carry on, choanocyte, civil engineer, clearing house, collar cell, colony, comfort zone, contend, continue, cover, critical mass, c battery, dorsal fin, ed, elixir of life, endotracheal tube, entertain, erectile dysfunction, filer, file clerk, filing clerk, garrison, guard ship, harbor, harbour, health profession, heart-lung machine, heart massage, hold, hold one's own, housekeep, hydrate, incubator, inertia, interlocutory injunction, janitor, john maynard keynes, keep, keep note, keep pace, keep step, keep up, keynes, kidney failure, lapse, lapsing, levirate, lose, machiavellianism, male erecticle dysfunction, militarism, musculoskeletal system, naval campaign, nonproliferation, nuclear reactor, nurse, occupational safety and health administration, osha, outsource, overdrive, paper gold, patrol, perpetual, police, postulate, preserve, pressurise, pressurize, price floor, price support, reactor, relapse, relapsing, remain firm, renal failure, reseed, reserve, reversion, reverting, say, sensationalism, serum albumin, services, settlement, shabby-genteel, sit tight, special drawing rights, spendthrift trust, stabilizer, stand, surveillance system, swim bladder, temporary injunction, transpose, uphold, vacuum bottle, vacuum flask, vigilance committee, vindicate, vitalness, wager, worker bee

affirm, confirm, enter, have, have got, hold, insist, keep, put down, reassert, record, take a firm stand

assert, asseverate, defend, exert, hold, keep, keep up, observe, preserve, sustain, uphold, wield