remainm Meaning, Definition & Usage

Re*main"m noun

Definitions

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.