Maintain and Transfer

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Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Transfer is an antonym for maintain.

Transfer verb - To give over the legal possession or ownership of.

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Maintain is an antonym for transfer in pass possession to topic.

loyalty	maintain loyalty	transfer loyalty
energy	maintain energy	transfer energy
power	maintain power	transfer power
life	maintain life	transfer life
Other words: beauty, position, body, control, health, population, immortality, powers, weapons.

In the Twilight Zone episode "Queen of the Nile", Pamela uses a scarab to suck the life force out of men and transfer it to herself to maintain eternal beauty.

Source: Looks Worth Killing For
When they transfer their souls to a new body they aren't complete and as a result their bodies begin to decay faster since their souls aren't enough to maintain their new body.

Source: Damaged Soul
A Transfer Portal is located in the cathedral sacristy, and another is in Duncan's study at the basilica; inconvenient clerics often must to be dealt with to maintain The Masquerade and allow Deryni to secretly use them.

Source: Laser-Guided Amnesia

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