remainv. i.[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.)()v. t. To await; to be left to.()The easier conquest now remains thee. (Milton.)n.1. State of remaining; stay.()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.(Addison.)When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. (Burke.)3. 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.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's()