▪ I. remain, n.1
(rɪˈmeɪn)
Forms: 5 Sc. re-, ramayn, 6 Sc. remane, 6–7 remaine, -mayne, 6– remain.
[a. OF. remain, vbl. n. f. remaindre: see remain v. Now chiefly pl., the singular being common only in sense 4 b.]
I. † 1. Those left, surviving, or remaining out of a number of persons; the remainder or rest. Obs.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 922 Than thai consent, the ramayn that was thar. 1558 T. Phaer æneid i. B iv b, O quene that in our woes (alone) such mercy dost extend To vs the poore remayne of Troy. 1617 Moryson Itin. ii. 202 Don Iean and the remaine of the Spaniards at Kinsale, were all embarked ready to be gone. 1651 Cromwell in H. Cary Mem. Gt. Civil War (1832) II. 380, I believe the number of these sent will be about a hundred; the remain also being forty or fifty. 1671 Eachard Obs. Answ. Cont. Clergy 102 Thinking themselves the onely poor remain of people, that can dispense the word profitably. |
† b. The remaining representative of a family.
| 1592 Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxiv. (1602) 165 This Henrie, Earle of Richmond, now poore Lancasters remaine. |
2. That which remains or is left (unused, undestroyed, etc.) of some thing or quantity of things; also, that which remains to be done. Now rare (common in 16–17th c.).
| 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §8 Only the Remain and Overplus above their Expences of their Housholds. 1579–80 North Plutarch, Theseus (1676) 9 Those which then returned with Theseus, did seethe in a great brasse pot all the remain of their provision. 1606 Shakes. Cymb. iii. i. 87, I know your Masters pleasure, and he mine: All the Remaine is welcome. 1626 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 230, I have been so frugal of making use of the old remain, that there is no need of ammunition, or other necessaries. 1687 Penal Laws 32 This..is the antient Remain of the Soveraign Power and Prerogative of the Kings of England. 1716 Pope Lett. (1735) I. 290 Chagrins, more than their small Remain of Life seem'd destin'd to undergo. c 1825 Beddoes Epitaph Poems (1851) 203 This is the remain Of one best union of that deathless twain. |
† b. Arith. = remainder n. 4 a. Obs.
| 1571 Digges Pantom. ii. xii. N iij, The square of the side AF yeldeth 190104, and this diuided by 160 produceth in the quotiente 1188, and the remayne is 24. 1614 T. Bedwell Nat. Geom. Numbers ii. 22 The Remaine or difference of 144, and 148, is 4. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 301 The Greater substracted from the Lesser, the Remain will be so much too short. |
† c. (Also pl.) The balance or unpaid remainder of a sum of money. (Cf. remainder n. 4 b.) Obs.
| 1565 Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Reliquus, Camillus writeth that he hath receiued the remaines due vnto me. Ibid., Reliquatio,..arrearage and remaynes. 1627 Earl of Manchester in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 267 The loans have brought in 240,000l. at least; therefore the remain must needs be got up, which is not past 50,000l. 1669 Lond. Gaz. No. 367/4 The said Officers..shall proceed to the payment of the ensuing Orders, as the remain of that Taxe and the remaines of the [other] Taxe shall come in. |
3. A remaining or surviving part or fragment of something. Now rare.
| 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 143 There standeth yet, upon the high cliffe,..some remaine of a Tower. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 85 In Hispaniola there were not 300 Natives left, and a very small remaine in the other Ilands. 1665 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 139 At the stair-head there is some remain of the Gate. 1701 Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. iii. ii, A large remain of Glory is behind. 1763 F. Brooke Lady J. Mandeville (1782) II. 53 This sacred deposit, this little remain of what their tender care had left me. a 1806 H. K. White Christiad i. ix, No sweet remain of life encheers the sight. 1843 Kemble Poetry Codex Vercell. Pref. 6 A series of publications which..will give to the world of scholars every yet inedited remain of Anglosaxon. |
† b. A remainder of stock or stores; also, a list or inventory of military stores taken at the appointment of a new storekeeper. Obs.
| 1677 Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 21 A stationer..having bought a remain of above two hundred of Horrox's Astronomy. 1802 James Milit. Dict. s.v., In foreign parts a remain is taken only on the appointment of a new storekeeper. |
† c. A surviving trace of some feeling. Also ellipt. with adj. Obs.
| 1702 Vanbrugh False Friend iv. i, She has still love enough for you, not to be displeas'd with the utmost proofs you can give that you have still a warm remain for her. 1756 Burke Subl. & B. i. iii, When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. 1807 tr. Three Germans I. 72 To overcome that small remain of fortitude which yet animated and sustained him. |
4. (With pl.) a. A survival; a relic of some obsolete custom or practice; a surviving trait or characteristic. Now rare.
| a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 346 And, as a remaine of ancient custome, this continued among Pagans. 1757 E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) IV. 1 'Tis a Remain of judicial Astrology. 1819 Lady Charleville in Lady Morgan's Autobiog. (1859) 254 Lady Crewe..had mind and heart, and indeed some fine remains of a race that has passed away. 1883 Ch. Times XXI. 333/3 A traditional remain of his office of server. |
b. A material relic (of antiquity, etc.); an ancient monument, building, or other structure; an object which has come down from past times.
| 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 123 There are such fair remains to be found among the Ruines, as easily show that this has been a..rich..Town. 1691 tr. Emilianne's Observ. Journ. Naples 235 The only Remain of Antiquity they shew one is, the Remainder of an Old Steeple. 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) I. 161 This ancient Remain is situated about a Quarter of a Mile to the right of the great Road leading from Rochester to Maidstone. 1779 Abercromby Mirror No. 52 ¶6 Every remain of Roman greatness attracted my attention. 1864 J. H. Lupton Wakefield Worthies 242 The supposition..that Low Hill is a Druidical remain. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xvi. 335 Already we had fallen into the region of ancient remains. |
† c. A literary relic. Obs. rare.
| 1720 Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. xxxi. 329/2 Meeting with such a choice remain of this brave London merchant I could not but for his lasting Honour publish it in this place. 1738 Warburton Div. Legat. I. 128 It is indeed surprizing, that any Man who had attentively considered this admirable Remain, should think it the Forgery of a Sophist. |
† d. A relic of a person. Obs. rare—1.
| 1798 W. Ferrier in A. Ferrier Mem. & Serm. (1841) iv. 336 Elisha gathered it up as a precious remain. |
II. pl.
5. Surviving members of a company, family, or other body of persons. Also rarely of a single person.
| 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 62 He..ordanyt him to passe in Spayne, for Pompees remaynis of his men maid syk deray thare. 1601 Shakes. Jul. C. v. v. 1 Come poore remaines of friends, rest on this Rocke. 1609 Bible (Douay) Jer. xi. 23 Their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine. And there shal be no remaines of them. 1738 C'tess Pomfret in J. Duncombe Lett. (1773) II. 124 There are still some remains of that abdicated court. 1781 Justamond Priv. Life Lewis XV, IV. 9 After having been at once a husband, a brother, and a father, he was the only remains of his family, which was entirely buried in the grave along with him. 1839 J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. ix. (1847) 93 The remains of the Druidical order were not persecuted. |
† b. The remainder; the others. Obs. rare—1.
| a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. I, Wks. (1711) 6 Many were executed, the remains in peaceful manner sent home, the king having graciously exhorted them to a life according to the law of God and man. |
6. The remaining parts of some thing or things; all that is left of something; articles remaining from a store or stock; † the rest of a period.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxix. 18, I trowit,..That lang in burgh I sould haue bruikit [the money]; Now the remanes are eith to turss. 1609 Bible (Douay) 1 Macc. vi. 53 They that had remayned in Jurie of the Gentils, had consumed their remaynes, that had bene layd up. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 18 Seven old Galleys..the remains of their Fleet which escaped from the Battel of Lepanto. 1726 Cavallier Mem. iii. 242, I wanted some Rest for the Remains of Winter. 1770 Junius Lett. xxxvi. (1788) 190 If you would hope to save the wretched remains of a ruined reputation. 1803 Nelson 3 June in Nicolas Disp. (1845) V. 78 You are..on no account..to supply any of his Majesty's Ships..with Naval Stores without being furnished with the Boatswain's and Carpenter's Supplies, Expenses, and Remains. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 71 The shop⁓keepers..stole away with the remains of their stocks to the English territory. 1868 Lockyer Elem. Astron. ii. §9 (1879) 52 Coal is the remains of an ancient vegetation. |
b. Const. of the destroying force. rare.
| 1715 Pope Iliad i. 82 'Tis time to save the few remains of war. 1737 Whiston Josephus, Hist. (1777) Pref. §11 More⁓over, what the Romans did to the remains of the war. |
c. Const. as sing.
| 1801 Lusignan III. 145 Do you then envy me this short remains of happiness? 1833 R. H. Froude Rem. (1838) I. 286 In one place there is the remains of an Ionic temple. 1874 S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) I. 89 The tendency..was really a remains..of the extraordinary and odious instinct which had possessed them. |
7. a. The literary works (esp. the unpublished ones) left by an author; also, the fragments of an ancient writer.
| 1652 (title) Herberts Remains, or sundry pieces of..Mr. George Herbert, now exposed to publick light. 1681 Tate Lear Ded., Nothing but..my Zeal for all the Remains of Shakespear, cou'd have wrought me to so bold an Under⁓taking. 1724 A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 172 Celsus, who seems the oldest Heathen author, whereof we have any remains. 1774 J. Bryant Mythol. II. 176 He left behind him many valuable remains, which Bion Proconnesius is said to have translated. 1873 H. Rogers Orig. Bible viii. (1875) 354 The remains of Clement and Polycarp and such fragments of Ignatius as criticism pronounces..genuine. |
b. That which is left of a person when life is extinct; the (dead) body, corpse.
| 1700 Dryden Ovid's Met. xii. 816 Of all the mighty man the small remains A little urn, and scarcely fill'd contains. a 1771 Gray Dante 18, I grop'd About among their cold Remains..often calling On their dear Names. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xi, I saw, also, her poor remains laid at rest in the convent garden. 1818 Shelley Rosal. & Helen 1295 With deep grief and awe The pale survivors followed her remains..Up the cold mountain. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 242 The remains of Hastings and Carter were brought on shore with every mark of honour. |
c. Substances of organic origin preserved in the earth in a fossilized condition.
| 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 36 Trees..have been found in great depths in our modern continents,..and often mixed with marine remains. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 491/2 Thus employed, ‘organic remains’ become a clue to many of the darkest pages in the antient history of our planet. |
▪ II. † reˈmain, n.2 Obs. rare.
[f. the vb.]
Stay.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 615 Laynrik was tayn..; So Lundy thair mycht mak no langar remayn. 1605 Shakes. Macb. iv. iii. 148 A most myraculous worke..Which often since my heere remaine in England, I haue seene him do. |
▪ III. remain, v.
(rɪˈmeɪn)
Forms: 5–6 remeyne, -mayne, -mane (Sc. ra-), 6 remene, 6–7 remaine, 6– remain.
[a. AF. remeyn-, remayn-, etc., stressed stem of OF. remanoir (also remaindre):—L. remanēre, f. re- re- + manēre to stay.]
1. intr. To be left after the removal or appropriation of some part, number or quantity. Also const. to.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii. (George) 674 Þat þar tempil..sa cleynely suld be distroit, Þat na thing suld remayn of It. c 1460 Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. viii. (1885) 126 Yff any parte off þe revenues þeroff remayne ouer the paiement of the same ordynarie chargis, þat so remaynynge is the kynges owne money. 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour G v b, He lost all that he had and no thyng remayned to hym sauf only his body. 1535 Coverdale Josh. x. 40 Thus Iosua smote all the londe.., with all their kynges, and let not one remaine ouer. 1594 Blundevil Exerc. i. iii. (1636) 8 Then I say take 10 out of 17 and there remaineth 7, which I set downe. 1642 tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. ii. §136. 60 But if this part [of the seal] which remaines to the deed hath not any print, then the deed is insufficient. 1697 Dryden æneid v. 528 My chill Blood is curdled in my Veins, And scarce the Shadow of a Man remains. 1707 Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 53 There is not Sap enough remaining to nourish the Leaves. 1784 Cowper Task v. 71 One only care Remains to each, the search of sunny nook. 1821 Shelley Hellas 83 Freedom so To what of Greece remaineth now Returns. 1859 Tennyson Elaine 594 Now remains But little cause for laughter. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 68 He is willing to allow himself and others the few pleasures which remain to them. |
2. a. To be left over and above what has already been done or dealt with in some way.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xiii. (Mark) Prol. 13 Sa remanyt vthire twa [evangelists], of quhame I wel here menyng ma. 1482 Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 56 Nowe let vs schewe as we maye thoes thynges that remaynyn of the thyrde place the whyche we sawe and behylde. 1538 Starkey England i. iii. 82 Yet ther ys a nother dysease remenyng behynd, wych gretely trowblyth the state of the hole body. 1600 Shakes. A.Y.L. i. i. 179 Nothing remaines, but that I kindle the boy thither. 1667 Milton P.L. vi. 37 The easier conquest now Remains thee. 1712–14 Pope R. Lock v. 29 What then remains but well our pow'r to use..? 1738 Gray Tasso 31 What length of sea remains, what various lands. 1819 Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 617 Worse things, unheard, unseen, remain behind. |
b. Const. with inf. (passive or active).
| 1538 Starkey England i. ii. 68 Many and grete fautys ther be..wych now remayne..to be sought and tryed out. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. iii. 60 What now remaines my Lords for vs to do..? 1819 Shelley Cenci i. i. 100 But that there yet remains a deed to act [etc.]. 1830 Tennyson Talking Oak 204 A thousand thanks for what I learn And what remains to tell. 1863 Fawcett Pol. Econ. i. vi. 81 The head⁓lands will remain to be ploughed separately. |
c. it remains that or to (with inf.). Freq. as it (or that) remains to be seen: it is not yet known or certain.
| 1540 Bible (Cranmer) 1 Cor. vii. 29 It remayneth, that they whych haue wyues, be as thoughe they had none. 1607 Shakes. Cor. ii. iii. 147 Remaines, that in th' Officiall Markes invested, You anon doe meet the Senate. 1611 Bible Transl. Pref. ¶17 It remaineth, that we commend thee to God. 1772 Junius Lett. lxviii. (1788) 362 It remains only to apply the law, thus stated, to the fact in question. 1796 Ld. Glenbervie Diary 16 Oct. (1928) I. 88 It remains, however, to be seen what will be the ultimate result in the present instance of a struggle as yet perhaps but in its infancy. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 599 It now remains to attempt a clear classification and description of the Accidential. 1828 Athenæum 12 Feb. 103/1 Whether or not the ‘Life of Columbus’ will restore it, remains yet to be seen. 1859 Times 4 Feb. 9/4 That remains to be seen. 1864 J. H. Newman Apol. iv. §2 (1904) 133/1 In the interval of which it remains to speak. 1866 Mayne Reid Headless Horseman xvi. 88 It remains to be seen how we shall get over it. 1938 H. L. Mencken Let. 23 Apr. (1961) 427 Whether I'll write anything for publication remains to be seen. 1967 Listener 6 July 20/2 How far or how quickly the new government can get anywhere..remains to be seen. 1976 Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 13 Nov. 3/6 It would remain to be seen to what extent it would be practical or desirable to build houses there. |
† 3. a. To fall to a person as a remainder. Obs.
| 1439 E.E. Wills (1882) 123 Aftir hir discesse, all the saide maners, londes and tenementes, rentes and reuersions, to remayne to his next heire. 1482 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 10 And if it appenede that he disceysed witheoute heyres..thenne schulde the kyngdome..remane unto George, the Duke of Clarence. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 52 §1 Hereditamentis whiche to him discended, remayned, or reverted. |
† b. To continue to belong to one. Obs.
| 1511 Fabyan Will in Chron. (1811) Pref. 7 Also I will that my chalice..w{supt} my best aulter clothis and best vestment,..which before daies I gave to my wif, remayn styll to her. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 185 That the realme of Napels should for euer remain to the Emperour. 1605 Shakes. Lear i. i. 82 To thee, and thine hereditarie euer, Remaine this ample third of our faire Kingdome. |
4. a. To continue in the same place (or with the same person); to abide, stay. Also with on.
| 1439 E.E. Wills (1882) 124 That thos same maners, londes & tenementes..remayne and abyde in the feefes handes. c 1500 Lancelot 2347 Bot ȝhit the king hir prayt on sich wyss, That sche remanit whill the thrid day. 1530 Palsgr. 684/2 Suffer no fylthe to remayne on thy nayles. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 7 He was commaunded by his prince to remain at home. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xi. (1614) 632 Causing (as the Moors report) that the bullets should still remaine in the Pieces when they were discharged. 1671 Milton Samson 587 Why else this strength Miraculous yet remaining in those locks? 1769 Robertson Chas. V, iii. Wks. 1813 VI. 100 Charles remained six days in Paris. 1776 Trial of Nundocomar 68/1 You have for a long time had my money; it shall remain no longer with you. 1841 Lane Arab. Nts. I. 97 Thus shalt thou remain in this sea to the end of time. 1890 Gardiner Hist. Eng. 13 Aulus Plautius remained in Britain till 47. 1912 J. Joyce Let. 23 Aug. (1966) II. 311 Tomorrow I must pawn my watch and chain in order to remain on a little longer. 1939 H. Nicholson Diary 11 Apr. (1966) 397 Harold Macmillan is enraged that Chamberlain should remain on. |
† b. To have one's abode; to dwell. Obs.
| c 1450 Holland Howlat 946 And ilk fowle..Held hame to thar hant, and thar herbery, Quhar thai war wont to remane. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 226 Within the toun..Ane Brit thair wes remanand in the tyme. 1583 Rich Phylotus (1835) 10 In the gallant citty of Naples, there was remaining a young man, called by the name of Alberto. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. iv. iii. 14 But for my Mistris, I nothing know where she remaines. |
† c. To consist; to reside or lie in something.
| c 1450 Holland Howlat 265 Thai weraly awysit..the mater, and how it remanyt. 1559 Abp. Hethe in Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) I. App. vi. 399 What..spirituall government is, and in what pointes it dothe cheffely remaine. |
5. a. With complement: To continue to be.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. (Percy Soc.) 132, I made mine othe..Unto them all for to remayne full true In stedfast love. 1533 Gau Richt Vay (S.T.S.) 32 It sal ewer remane in blyndnes and ingnorance. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. xxii. 57 b, Not [to] disclose, that the Factour with the others did remaine prisoners. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. i. iv. 173 If shee remaine vnseduc'd, you not making it appeare otherwise [etc.]. 1667 Milton P.L. iii. 124, I formed them free, and free they must remain. 1736 Butler Anal. i. i. Wks. 1874 I. 20 Men may lose their limbs, their organs of sense,..and yet remain the same living agents. 1791 Cowper Retired Cat 66 The sun descended, And Puss remained still unattended. 1822 Shelley tr. Calderon i. 188 Which of the two Will remain conqueror? 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 256 Amid the conflict of ideas..the impression of sense remained certain and uniform. |
b. I († will) remain, etc., as the concluding formula of a letter.
| 1600 C. Percy in Shaks. C. Praise 38, I will ever remain Your assured friend Charles Percy. 1634 Strafford in Strafford Papers (1739) I. 340, I remain Your Lordship's most humbly to be commanded, Wentworth. 1749 Chesterfield Lett. (1792) II. 269 And so I rest or remain, Yours &c. 1793 Cowper Let. to J. Hall 10 Dec., I remain, my dear friend, Affectionately yours, W. C. 1873 E. FitzGerald Let. to F. Kemble Nov., Here is my Letter done, and I remaining yours always sincerely, E. F. G. |
c. To continue in the same state; to lie untouched or undisturbed.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 1268 Draw out the fire, and let it [japan] remain until morning; then boil it until it rolls hard. 1853 A. Soyer Pantroph. 100 Stir this mixture..for three days or more, then let it remain for some time. |
6. a. To continue to exist; to have permanence; to be still existing or extant. (Sometimes also implying sense 1 or 2.)
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. i. (1495) 3 After the noble..doctryne of wyse..Philosophers lefte and remaynyng w{supt} vs in wrytyng. 1555 Eden Decades To Rdr. (Arb.) 49 There remayneth at this daye no token of the laborious Tabernacle which Moises buylded. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xiii, Vsing in their fightes many guyles and craftes, which are remained to them from their auncestors. 1638 Junius Paint. Ancients 267 The same admiration remaineth from what side soever you doe looke upon her. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 304 Th' immortal Line in sure Succession reigns, The Fortune of the Family remains. 1738 Gray Propertius iii. 101 A little Verse my All that shall remain. 1781 Cowper Conversat. 678 The stench remains, the lustre dies away. 1813 Shelley Q. Mab iv. 141 Soul is the only element, the block That for uncounted ages has remained. 1874 Green Short Hist. iii. §5. 139 The abbey church of Westminster..remains a monument of his artistic taste. |
b. To stick in the mind. Const. with.
| 1607 Shakes. Timon iii. vi. 30, I hope it remaines not vnkindely with your Lordship, that I return'd you an empty messenger. 1872 Hardy Under Greenw. Tree I. i. vi. 78 The tunes they that morning essayed remained with him for years. 1899 ‘Mark Twain’ Man that corrupted Hadleyburg in Harper's Mag. Dec. 30/2 A remark which he made to me has remained with me to this day, and has at last conquered me. a 1927 I. Duncan My Life (1928) viii. 78 Another, even greater impression, that has remained with me all my life was the ‘Rodin Pavillon’. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn vi. 54 She had once noticed an old woman with a lost expression peering through one of the surrounding hedges and that impression had remained with her. |
c. To continue with (one). rare—1.
| 1671 Milton Samson 1126 In a little time while breath remains thee, Thou oft shalt wish thy self at Gath. |
7. † a. To be left with a responsibility. Obs.—1
| c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 506 Gyff thow will nocht, ramayne with all the charge. |
† b. Sc. To await on (= for) a thing or person.
| 1513 Douglas æneis i. iv. 84 Be stout, on prosper fortune to remane. 1546 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 55 That we may provide sum way for our selfis, and ye to remane upoun the finale ansuer. a 1557 Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 38 The Inglismen past towardis Berwick, and the Governour come to Melross and remanit on his freindis. |
c. To await, be left for (one). rare.
| 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 304 And such end, perdie, does all hem remayne, That of such falsers freendship bene fayne. 1590 ― F.Q. ii. ix. 6 Were your will her sold to entertaine..Great guerdon, well I wote, should you remaine. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 443 If thence he scape.., what remains him less Then unknown dangers and as hard escape. |
d. To be left with one in the end, as the result of some action.
| 1861 Rossetti tr. Dante's Vita Nuova (1904) 145 Seeing that in the battle of doubts, the victory most often remained with such as inclined towards the lady of whom I speak. |
† 8. To stay, stop, cease. Obs. rare—1.
| 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. xi, Som supposed that the warre sholde remayne bycause of this mervayll, but Turnus hade no wylle to leve it. |
† 9. trans. To abide, await (an event). Obs.—1
| 1588 Lambarde Eiren. iv. xiv. 552 Such persons..must..remayne the comming of the Iustices of Gaole deliuerie. |