[re.main] vi [ME, fr. MF remaindre, fr. L remanere, fr. re- + manere to remain--more at mansion] (14c) 1 a: to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up "only a few ruins ~" b: to be something yet to be shown, done, or treated "it ~s to be seen"
2: to stay in the same place or with the same person or group; esp: to stay behind
3: to continue unchanged "the fact ~s that we can't go"
[2]remain n (15c) 1 obs: stay
2: a remaining part or trace--usu. used in pl. 3 pl: a dead body