REMAIN

remain. Remain, v.i. to continue, endure, be left, await

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Re‐main″ (r?–m?n″), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (–m?nd″); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] [[OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]] 1. 1. 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.
Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke. 2. 2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton. Syn. — To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.