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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (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:

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. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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