well-kept
verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of keep.
adjective
2.
having the expression of principles, ideas, etc., controlled, dominated, or determined by one whose money provides support: a kept press; a kept writer.
Origin:
1670–80 for def 2
1670–80 for def 2
Related forms
un·kept, adjective
well-kept, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | the past tense and past participle of keep |
| 2. | censorious kept woman a woman maintained by a man as his mistress |
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