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remain

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remain \Re*main"\ n. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. --Shak. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. ``The remains of old Rome.'' --Addison. When this ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be left/remain undisturbed ▪ The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. go/remain undetected ▪ Doctors can make mistakes and diseases can remain undetected. hold/remain steady ▪ A recent poll showed his ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Anglo-French remayn- , Old French remain- , stressed stem of remanoir "stay, dwell, remain; be left; hold out," from Latin remanere "to remain, to stay behind; be left behind; endure, abide, last" (source also of Spanish remaner , Italian ...

Usage examples of remain.

But the fateful decisions secretly made, the intrigues, the treachery, the motives and the aberrations which led up to them, the parts played by the principal actors behind the scenes, the extent of the terror they exercised and their technique of organizing it - all this and much more remained largely hidden from us until the secret German papers turned up.

Those who remained, many of them, were bitten by the Nazi aberrations and attempted to apply them to pure science.

And now I am a recreant, and he who aided and abetted me in my asseverations of independence remains faithful.

On this occasion it was unlocked, and Marian was about to rush forward in eager anticipation of a peep at its interior, when, child as she was, the reflection struck her that she would stand abetter chance of carrying her point by remaining perdue.

Those that remained were vacuum ablating, their edges fraying like worn cloth, while their flat surfaces slowly dissolved, reducing their overall thickness.

Aspinwall remained where he was, studying closely the Hindoo who confronted him with abnormally impassive face.

Malink remained chief for many years, and when he became too old to carry the responsibilitysince he had no sonshe appointed Abo his successor.

To her all the wreckage of the slums, all the woe lying beneath gilded life, all the abominations, all the tortures that remain unknown, were carried.

On the 17th of April the Essex came in sight of Chatham Island, one of the largest, and remained cruising in the neighborhood of the group till the beginning of June, when want of water compelled her to go to Tumbez, a port on the continent just abreast of the Galapagos.

It was not until adult life that from an abscess of the groin was expelled what remained of the spelling-book that had been driven into the abdomen during boyhood.

Very few fruits these days are allowed to remain attached to their mother plant until abscission occurs.

He was arrested, charged with attempting to abscond and sent back to Wayland, where he remained until he had completed his sentence.

Why has the Primal not remained self-gathered so that there be none of this profusion of the manifold which we observe in existence and yet are compelled to trace to that absolute unity?

Unless I set my will, unless I absolve myself from the rhythm of life, fix myself and remain static, cut off from living, absolved within my own will.

Whenever the leaves remain inflected during several days over seeds, it is clear that they absorb some matter from them.