To take keep, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Keep"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that
which, holds or has possession of anything.
2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the
charge of prisoners.
3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as,
the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of
attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a
preserver.
The Lord is thy keeper.
Ps. cxxi. 6.