Maintain and Take

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Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Take is an antonym for maintain in keep up topic.

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Maintain is an antonym for take in topics: require, consume, contract, carry, accept.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

power	maintain power	take power
life	maintain life	take life
look	maintain look	take look
control	maintain control	take control
Other words: place, form, cover, level.

However much he may try to abuse and dominate Anthy in order to take and maintain control, it does not change the fact that all of Akio's power is derived from Anthy.

Source: Anime / Revolutionary Girl Utena
Mikami points out that the reason things have gone so horribly, slapstically wrong for Ashtaroth since the Cosmo Processor was de-powered is because the universe is actively retaliating for the attempt to sway it from the shape it was trying to take and maintain from the beginning.

Source: Anime / Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Instead Uriel, whom Lucifer mistakenly thought loyal, has decided to take leadership and move against heaven whilst Astaroth fights loyally to maintain Satan's throne.

Source: The Starscream / Literature

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