Maintain and Suffer

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Suffer and maintain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suffer" instead a verb "Maintain".

Suffer verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.

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Maintain and suffer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Suffer".

Nearby Words: suffering, sufferance, sufferer

The result was, predictably, that they did not suffer from any mental problems whatsoever and the term was redefined to maintain that being a fangirl is normal.

Source: Periphery Hatedom
To maintain her secret identity, Miley has to lie to her friends, endure bullying at school, and suffer through constant discrimination or embarrassment... all the time knowing she could make all of it go away so easily.

Source: Series / Hannah Montana
They are not necessarily all evil, but it is an environment in which one must lie, mislead, backstab, and maintain the courtly masquerade, or suffer long torments as those who do rip their rivals' houses apart over the course of years.

Source: Tabletop Game / Dark Heresy

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