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.