Syn. — To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.
REMAIN
Re*main", v. t.
Defn: To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.
REMAIN
Re*main" 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: (a) 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.
(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.
REMAINDER
Re*main"der (r-mn"dr), n. Etym: [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. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot.