† maintenousadj.
Law. Obsolete. rare.
Relating to or of the nature of maintenance (maintenance n. 1).
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maintenous1898
1898 Encycl. Laws Eng. VIII. 75 A maintenous agreement is illegal and therefore void.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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adj.1898- dialysed
- dialysed iron
- dialysepalous
- dialyser
- dialysers
- dialyses
- dialysing
- dialysis
- dialystaminous
- dialytic
- dialytically
- differencing
- differencingly
- differency
- different
- different coloured
- different than
- different-minded
- differentia
- differentiabilities
- differentiability
- differentiable
- differentiable function
- differentiae
- differential