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Remain   /rɪmˈeɪn/  /rimˈeɪn/   Listen
verb
Remain  v. t.  To await; to be left to. (Archaic) "The easier conquest now remains thee."


Remain  v. i.  (past & past part. remained; pres. part. remaining)  
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." "Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep." "That... remains to be proved."
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." "Childless thou art; childless remain."
Synonyms: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.


noun
Remain  n.  
1.
State of remaining; stay. (Obs.) "Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do."
2.
That which is left; relic; remainder; chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." "When this remain of horror has entirely subsided."
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!"
(b)
The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.





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"Remain" Quotes from Famous Books



... "We shall remain here two days, sir," said Captain Osborn to Mr. Seagrave, "if you and Mrs. Seagrave would ...
— Masterman Ready • Captain Marryat
... "It must remain a secret," was the reply. "Our discourse yesterday evening was so thoughtful, so sad, I could not sleep. I arose hours before you this morning, ere daylight streaked the sky. Dear Sisters, how shocked you will be to hear I wept; but now I have determined. If my gift succeed I will tell you all ...
— The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales • Mrs. Alfred Gatty
... having made arrangements for my family to remain in Lancaster, I proceeded, via Columbus, Cincinnati, and Louisville, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I reported for duty to Governor Wickliffe, who, by virtue of his office, was the president of the Board of Supervisors of the new institution over which I was called ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan
... such a number of years, that, when Death sent a royal invitation to his senior, he was so accustomed to the old form, that he, and all in his employment, tacitly agreed it was only fitting he should remain junior ...
— The Uninhabited House • Mrs. J. H. Riddell
... trying to be inspired by the concepts of middle-class morality ... or what was even worse, I was attempting to glorify the under-dog; who, if he were the demigod Socialists portray him, would by no means remain the under-dog. ...
— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp


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