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Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

a ship's side; to fall foul of. -- To haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses. -- To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was a…

or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited t…

Sharpness; keenness. [Obs.]

To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." Cowper.

Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore.

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness…

o awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer.

To tender, as an oath. Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. Shak.

Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

That which surrounds and influences. The keen, the wholesome air of poverty. Wordsworth.

To keep in excitement; to disturb.

The warden, or keeper of a jail.

A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

om the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.