To keep, preserve, retain; not to lose, let go, part with, or emit; to detain; to arrest, rivet the attention of. Also hold it!: stay as you are…

transitive. To hold, maintain, observe, keep, preserve.

To guard, defend, protect, preserve, save. (Const. from, †of.) a person.

To keep, maintain, preserve. Obsolete.

To guard, defend, protect, preserve, save. (Const. from, †of.) a thing.

transitive. To keep up, preserve, cause to continue in being (a state of things, a condition, an activity, etc.); to keep vigorous, effective, or…

transitive. To keep safe from injury or harm; to save or spare (a person's life).