kept
[ kept ]
/ kɛpt /
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verb
simple past tense and past participle of keep.
adjective
having the expression of principles, ideas, etc., controlled, dominated, or determined by one whose money provides support: a kept press; a kept writer.
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Origin of kept
1670–80 for def. 2
OTHER WORDS FROM kept
un·kept, adjectivewell-kept, adjectiveWords nearby kept
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kept
/ (kɛpt) /
verb
the past tense and past participle of keep
kept woman censorious a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
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