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(1):

(n.) State of remaining; stay.

(2):

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

(3):

(v. i.) 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.

(4):

(v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

(5):

(v. t.) To await; to be left to.

(6):

(n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; - chiefly in the plural.

(7):

(n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Remain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/remain.html. 1828.
 
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