REMAIN

noun

Definitions

  1. 1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak.
  2. 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. 3. Specif., in the plural:
  4. 4. 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.
  5. 5. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.

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Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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