kept

[ kept ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of keep.

adjective
  1. having the expression of principles, ideas, etc., controlled, dominated, or determined by one whose money provides support: a kept press;a kept writer.

Origin of kept

1
First recorded in 1670–80 for def. 2

Other words from kept

  • un·kept, adjective
  • well-kept, adjective

Words Nearby kept

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How to use kept in a sentence

  • And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.

  • Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.

  • She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for kept

kept

/ (kɛpt) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of keep

  2. kept woman censorious a woman maintained by a man as his mistress

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