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Remains

noun

1.

Any object that is left unused or still extant.

2.

The dead body of a human being. Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff. "The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse" , "The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river" , "Honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

Remain

verb

(past & past part. remained; pres. part. remaining)

1.

Stay the same; remain in a certain state. Synonyms: rest, stay. "Rest assured" , "Stay alone" , "He remained unmoved by her tears" , "The bad weather continued for another week"

2.

Continue in a place, position, or situation. Synonyms: continue, stay, stay on. "Stay with me, please" , "Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" , "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

3.

Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.. "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

4.

Stay behind. Synonyms: persist, stay. "The hostility remained long after they made up"

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"Remains" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mandans, but are purchased of different fathers. The infant daughters are often betrothed by the father to men who are grown, either for themselves or for their sons, for whom they are desirous of providing wives. The compensation to the father is usually made in horses or mules; and the girl remains with her parents till the age of puberty, which is thirteen or fourteen, when she is surrendered to her husband. At the same time the father often makes a present to the husband equal to what he had formerly received as the price of his daughter, though this return is optional ...

— History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. • Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

... said, "this engraving is a rude thing, but the hand which guided the steel has been withered for two hundred years, and no other example remains of its cunning. Mr. Haviland," he added, stepping to his writing table, "this lacquered shrine, with its pagoda roof, has been attributed to Kobo-Daishi, and has stood upon the writing table of seven emperors. Sir Edward, this sword, notwithstanding its strange shape and gilded chasing, was wielded ...

— The Illustrious Prince • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... touch of sadness. "Until she kicks me out. Like Kipling's Galley Slave, I'm chained to the oar. It's all very well so long as one remains in single blessedness, but it's mighty hard on the married ones. Take my advice, Olga; ...

— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell

... she have said! How I blessed the grey wig and the spectacles, and the few deft, disfiguring touches which made my presence so easy and comfortable, not only for myself but for those two poor, sad, helpless young men. However much one may rail against convention, it remains an unalterable fact that youth and good looks are not the best qualification for indiscriminate work among one's fellow-creatures. I must remember this fact when I grow really old, and apply it as balm to ...

— The Lady of the Basement Flat • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... may have been somewhat similar to that of the old woman who declined to believe her sailor-grandson when he told her he had seen flying-fish, but at once recognised his veracity when he said he had seen the remains of Pharaoh's chariot-wheels on the shores ...

— Personal Reminiscences in Book Making - and Some Short Stories • R.M. Ballantyne

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