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.
Re*main" , v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
The easier conquest now remains thee.
Milton.
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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