v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Remained p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining. ] [ OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

That . . . remains to be proved. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To await; to be left to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State of remaining; stay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. “The remains of old Rome.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain. ] 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. “The last remainders of unhappy Troy.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Remainder-men (Law) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]