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Retain Keeping Possession Father Trouble Balance Reserve Future

The verb 'keep' means to retain possession or store, with 'kept' being both the simple past and past participle.

Verbum 'keep' significat retinere possessionem vel thesaurizare, cum 'kept' sit simplex praeteritum et participium praeteritum.

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have or retain possession of: my father would keep the best for himself | she had trouble keeping her balance.
• retain or reserve for use in the future: return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files.
• put or store in a regular place: the stand where her umbrella was kept.

Simple Past: kept
Past Participle: kept

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