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   Remain , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] [OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]
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   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.
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   Gather up the fragments that remain.
   John vi. 12.
   
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   Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
   1 Cor. xv. 6.
   
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   That . . . remains to be proved.
   Locke.
   
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   To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
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   Remain a widow at thy father's house.
   Gen. xxxviii. 11.
   
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   Childless thou art; childless remain.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.
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   Remain, v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
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   The easier conquest now remains thee.
   Milton.
   
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   Remain n.
   State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]
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   Which often, since my here remain in England,
   I 've seen him do.
   Shak.
   
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   That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. “The remains of old Rome.”
   Addison.
   
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   When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
   Burke.
   
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   Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
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   Old warriors whose adored remains
   In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!
   Pope.
   
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   (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.
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