Category:Remain

Re*main" (r-mn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-mnd"); p. pr. & vb. N. Remaining.] Etym: [of. remaindre, remanoir, l. remanere; pref. re- Re- + manere to stay, remain. See mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have Been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has Been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are Fallen asleep. 1 cor. xv. 6. That. . . remains to be proved. Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or Undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton.

Syn. -- to continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; Last; endure.

Remain Re*main", v. t.

Defn: to await; to be left to. [archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.

Remain Re*main" n.

1. State of remaining; stay. [obs.] Which often, since my here remain in england, i 've seen him do. Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "the remains of old rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) that which is left of a human being after the life is gone; Relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains in weeping vaults her hallowed Earth contains! Pope.

(b) the posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one Who is dead; as, cecil's remains.