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Definition & Synonyms
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• Remain
- (v. t.) To await; to be left to.
- (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
- (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.
- (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecils
- (n.) State of remaining; stay.
- (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Synonyms:
Continue, Persist, Rest, Stay,
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• Remainder
- (n.) Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
- (n.) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, As life interest is a particuar estate, and Bs interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.
- (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
- (a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Synonyms:
Difference, End, Oddment, Remnant, Residual, Residue, Residuum, Rest, Scrap,
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• Remainder-man
- (n.) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.
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