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  Hours \Hours\, n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. ?). See
     Hour.] (Myth.)
     Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours,
           Fair Venus' train, appear.               --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

  Keep \Keep\ (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kept; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Keeping.] [OE. k?pen, AS. c?pan to keep, regard, desire,
     await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to
     desire.]
     1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
  
              I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
  
     2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
        go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
        lose; to retain; to detain.
  
              If we lose the field, We can not keep the town.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              That I may know what keeps me here with you.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
              considering, that would instruct us.  --Locke.
  
     3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
        maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
        tenor.
  
              His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
  
              Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
           adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
           to keep in, out, or off, etc. ``To keep off
           impertinence and solicitation from his superior.''
           --Addison.
  
     4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
        preservation; to take charge of.
  
              The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
              always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
  
     5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
  
              Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
                                                    xxviii. 15.
  
     6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
        communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
  
              Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
  
              And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
              garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
                                                    ii. 15.
  
              In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                    --Carew.
  
     8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
        keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
        records, etc. ) in a book.
  
     9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
        like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
  
              Like a pedant that keeps a school.    --Shak.
  
              Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
  
     10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
         keep boarders.
  
     11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
         assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
  
               I keep but three men and a boy.      --Shak.
  
     12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
  
     13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
         intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
         keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
  
               Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
  
               Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
  
     14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
         or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
         neglect; to be faithful to.
  
               I have kept the faith.               --2 Tim. iv.
                                                    7.
  
               Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great
               command.                             --Milton.
  
     15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
         to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
         frequent. --Shak.
  
               'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and
               satyrs do it keep.                   --J. Fletcher.
  
     16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
         solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
  
               I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
               multitude that kept holyday.         --Ps. xlii. 4.
  
     To keep at arm's length. See under Arm, n.
  
     To keep back.
         (a) To reserve; to withhold. ``I will keep nothing back
             from you.'' --Jer. xlii. 4.
         (b) To restrain; to hold back. ``Keep back thy servant
             also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
  
     To keep company with.
         (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
             let youth keep company with the wise and good.
         (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
             one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
             attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
             
  
     To keep counsel. See under Counsel, n.
  
     To keep down.
         (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
         (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
             of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
             not be diverted from the more important parts of the
             work.
  
     To keep good (or bad) hours, to be customarily early
        (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- To
     keep house.
         (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
             one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
             manage domestic affairs.
         (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
             house in order to evade the demands of creditors. --
     To keep one's hand in, to keep in practice. -- To keep
     open house, to be hospitable. -- To keep the peace (Law),
        to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- To keep
     school, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as
        a preceptor. -- To keep a stiff upper lip, to keep up
        one's courage. [Slang] -- To keep term.
         (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
         (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
             in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
             being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
  
     To keep touch. See under Touch, n.
  
     To keep under, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
  
     To keep up.
         (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
             as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
             credit.
         (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
             ``In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
             desire to continue it.'' --Locke.
  
     Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
          maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To Keep.
  
     Usage: Retain, Preserve. Keep is the generic term, and is
            often used where retain or preserve would too much
            restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
            denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
            influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
            which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
            vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
            to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
            Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
            which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
            upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
            appearances.

  Hours \Hours\, n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. ?). See
     Hour.] (Myth.)
     Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
  
           Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train,
           appear.                                  --Gray.

  hours
       n 1: a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"
       2: an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"

  Hours
     Αγγλικά n.
     οι Ώρες (θεότητες της ελληνικής μυθολογίας)

  hours
     n.
     (plural of en hour)

  hours
     n.
     (plural of en hour)

  hours
     n.
     (plural of en hour)

  hours
     n.
     (plural of en hour)

  hours
     Englanti n.
     (en-monikko h our)

  hour's
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst hour)

  hours
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst hour)

  hours'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst hour)

  Hours /ˈaʊəz/
  الساعات

  hours /ˈaʊəz/
  hodiny

  hours /ˈaʊəz/ 
  oriau 

  hours /ˈaʊəz/
  Stunden 
        "every few hours"  - alle paar Stunden
   see: hour, zero hour
  

  hours /ˈaʊəz/
  Zeit 

  hours /ˈaʊəz/
  sate, sati, satima

  hours' /aus/
  ‐urig

  hour's /auəz/
  ‐urig

  
/ˈaʊɝz/

  
/ˈaʊɝz/, /ˈaʊɹz/

  
/ˈaʊɹz/