kept

[ kept ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of keep.

adjective

1. having the expression of principles, ideas, etc., controlled, dominated, or determined by one whose money provides support:

   a kept press;

   a kept writer.

kept

/ kɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of keep
2. kept woman pejorative.
   a woman maintained by a man as his mistress

Other Words From

• un·kept adjective
• well-kept adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of kept¹

First recorded in 1670–80 kept fordef 2