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remainm |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remainm \Re*main"m\ 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.
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