Remain | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Re-māin’,, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. REMAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. REMAINING.] [O. Fr. remaindre, remanoir, Pr. remaindre, remainer, remaner, O. Sp. remaner, N. Sp. & Pg. remanecer, It. remanere, Lat. remanere, from re, again, back, and manere, to stay, remain; Gr. μένειν.]

Sense 1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after other things 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.

Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Gen. vii. 23.

That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. Ex. xvi. 23.

That an elder brother has power over his brethren remains to be proved. Locke.

Sense 2. To continue in a fixed place, an unchanged form or condition, or undiminished 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.

Synonyms—To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.

Re-māin', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To await; to be left to. “The easier conquest now Remains thee.” Milton. ☞ This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.

Re-māin', n.

noun

n. 1. That which is left; relic; remainder; — chiefly used in the plural. “When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.” Burke.

Sense 2. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]

Which often, since my here remain in England, I've seen him do. Shak.

Sense 3. Specifically, that which is left of a human being after the life is gone; a dead body; a corpse; — used only in the plural.

Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains. Pope.

Sense 4. Also, the productions, especially literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.