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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
remain
v 1: 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" [syn: stay,
remain, rest] [ant: change]
2: 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" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
3: 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"
4: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain,
stay]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. 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.]
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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.
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Gather up the fragments that remain. --John vi. 12.
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Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. --1 Cor. xv.
6.
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That . . . remains to be proved. --Locke.
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2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
last.
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Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
xxxviii. 11.
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Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.
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Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
abide; last; endure.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Remain \Re*main"\, v. t.
To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
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The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Remain \Re*main"\ n.
1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]
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Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do. --Shak.
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2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the
plural. "The remains of old Rome." --Addison.
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When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
--Burke.
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3. Specif., in the plural:
(a) That which is left of a human being after the life is
gone; relics; a dead body.
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Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!
--Pope.
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(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary
works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.
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Thesaurus Results for remain:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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