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What is the verb for maintenance?

What's the verb for maintenance? Here's the word you're looking for.

maintain
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19th c.]
  2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]
  3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “If we maintain this high level of performance, we will have the championship in the bag.”
      “Your car will require some effort to maintain.”
      “Winchester searched out an auto-mechanic to maintain his car.”
maintained
maintaining
maintaine
  1. Obsolete spelling of maintain
  2. Examples:
    1. “Indeed by this my credit sure is tride, For I owe much to maintaine her in pride.”
maintains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Keep a to-do list of basics that must be done every day to ensure your galley maintains a high degree of quality.”
      “The War Graves Commission, which maintains war graves, was told of the graffiti on Monday and it will be assessing the damage to the stones.”
      “The faster taper rod takes on an alarming shape while the through-action rod absorbs the lunges of the fish and maintains the anglers control.”
maintaineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain
maintainest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of maintain
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