Remain Synonyms & Definitions

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• RemainDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To await; to be left to.
2. (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
3. (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.
4. (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecils
5. (n.) State of remaining; stay.
6. (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
7. (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

• RemainderDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
2. (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.
3. (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
4. (a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.