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REMAIN
stay, remain, rest
(verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state; “The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”; “rest assured”; “stay alone”; “He remained unmoved by her tears”; “The bad weather continued for another week”
remain
(verb) be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; “There remains the question of who pulled the trigger”; “Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war”
stay, stay on, continue, remain
(verb) continue in a place, position, or situation; “After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”; “Stay with me, please”; “despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year”; “She continued as deputy mayor for another year”
persist, remain, stay
(verb) stay behind; “The smell stayed in the room”; “The hostility remained long after they made up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
remain (plural remains)
(mostly, in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
(in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
(obsolete) State of remaining; stay.
Verb
remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)
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.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
To await; to be left to.
(copulative) To continue in a state of being.
Synonyms
• (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; See also stay behind
• (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; See also remain
• (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; See also persist
• (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; See also wait for
• (to continue in a state of being): stay
• belave
Anagrams
• Armine, Mainer, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, mainer, marine
Source: Wiktionary
Re*main" (r-mn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-mnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] Etym: [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", v. t.
Definition: To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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