Cause to continue or prevail.

Roget 150: be firm etc. adj.; stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under.    settle, establish, stablish^†, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate^†; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten etc. (join) 43; set on its legs, float; perpetuate.    settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode etc. 184; build one's house on a rock.    ... show more

Roget 112: last forever, endure forever, go on forever; have no end.    eternize, perpetuate.   

Roget 143: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.    sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve etc. 604.1; harp upon etc. (repeat) 104.    keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.    let be; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let things take their course; stare decisis (Jurisprudence). ... show more

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