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KEEP

keep - v 
look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" 

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Synonyms

carry, conduct, control, enjoy, have, manage, place, preserve, put, retain, save, store

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Examples

If he wants to keep this estate in the family, he'll have to leave it to his daughters.

Between my studies and work, I have enough to keep my mind occupied.

After all, it was the doctor's job to keep you healthy, not to make money when you were sick.

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Etymology

Middle English kēpen, from late Old English cepan (past tense cepte) "to seize, hold; seek after, desire," also "to observe or carry out in practice; look out for, regard, pay attention to," from Proto-Germanic *kopjan, which is of uncertain origin. Old English cepan was used c. 1000 to render Latin observare, so perhaps it is related to Old English capian "to look" (from Proto-Germanic *kap-), which would make the basic sense "to keep an eye on, see to it."

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