Re*main" (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] [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.
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Re*main", v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
The easier conquest now remains thee.
Milton.
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[Ed. note (Gz): appended the following from "Remainm", which apparently arose from a scanning error in the original transcription.]
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.
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