3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except locally or colloquially.]
Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
Shak. 4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]
Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.
Tyndale. 5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]
To keep from,
to abstain or refrain from. — To keep in with, to keep on good terms with; as, to
keep in with an opponent. — To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. — To
keep to, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a
rule; to keep to one's word or promise. — To keep up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined
to one's bed.
Keep
(Keep), n.
1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. Chaucer.
Pan, thou god of shepherds all,
Which of our tender lambkins takest keep.
Spenser. 2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
Grass equal to the keep of seven cows.
Carlyle.
I performed some services to the college in return for my keep.
T. Hughes. 4. That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest
part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the
donjon. See Illust. of Castle.
The prison strong,
Within whose keep the captive knights were laid.
Dryden.
The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps.
Hallam.
I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a castle, was so called because the lord and his domestic
circle kept, abode, or lived there.
M. A. Lower. 5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]
Often he used of his keep
A sacrifice to bring.
Spenser. 6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
To take keep,
to take care; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.