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Webster 1913 Edition

Remain

Re-main′

(r?-m?n′)
,
Verb.
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.

Re-main′

,
Verb.
T.
To await; to be left to.
[Archaic]
The easier conquest now
remains
thee.
Milton.

Re-main′

Noun.
1.
State of remaining; stay.
[Obs.]
Which often, since my here
remain
in England,
I 've seen him do.
Shakespeare
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 .

Webster 1828 Edition

Remain

REMA'IN

,
Verb.
I.
[L. remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]
1.
To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite. They remained a month in Rome. We remain at an inn for a night, for a week, or a longer time.
Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown. Gen. 38.
2.
To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away.
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Gen. 7.
3.
To be left after a part or others have past. Let our remaining time or years be employed in active duties.
4.
To continue unchanged, or in a particular state. He remains stupid; he remains in a low state of health.
5.
Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten.
All my wisdom remained with me.
6.
To be left, out of a greater number or quantity. Part of the debt is paid; that which remains will be on interest.
That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning. Ex. 16.
7.
To be left as not included or comprised. There remains one argument which has not been considered.
That an elder brother has power over his brethren, remains to be proved.
8.
To continue in the same state.
Children thou art, childless remain.

REMA'IN

,
Verb.
T.
To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.]

REMA'IN

,
Noun.
That which is left; a corpse; also, abode. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

remain

remain

English

Noun

remain ‎(plural remains)

  1. State of remaining; stay.
  2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  3. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
  4. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.

Translations

Verb

remain ‎(third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)

  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.
    • Bible, John vi. 12
      Gather up the fragments that remain.
    • John Locke
      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.
    There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.‎
    • Bible, Genesis xxxviii. 11
      Remain a widow at thy father's house.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
  3. To await; to be left to.
  4. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
    The light remained red for two full minutes.‎

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Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: appearance · period · William · #715: remain · covered · born · somewhat

Anagrams

Etymology

Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- ‎(“to stay”).

Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven ‎(“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan ‎(“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven ‎(“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Hyphenation: re‧main

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