remain

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Let her remain, as you wish it, but do not let me see her!--remain, both of you.

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  1. intransitive verb To continue in the same state or condition: These matters remain in doubt.
  2. intransitive verb To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind: We are remaining at home.
  3. intransitive verb To be left after the removal, loss, passage, or destruction of others: Only a few trees remain. See Synonyms at stay1.

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remnant ·  ruin ·  portion ·  relic ·  fragment ·  trace ·  possession ·  specimen ·  shape ·  appearance ·  sight ·  pile

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remain:   remained ·  remaining ·  remains
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  1. Middle English remainen, from Old French remanoir, remainer, from Latin remanēre : re-, re- + manēre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English remayne; from Old French remaindre (indicative present impersonal il remaint, it remains) =Provencal remandre, remainer, remaner =Old Spanish remaner =Italian rimanere (cf. modern Portuguese Spanish remanecer, remain), from Latin remanere, remain, from re-, behind, back, + manere, remain, =Gr, μένειν, remain, stay. From the same Latin verb (manere) are also ult. English manse, mansion, manor, etc., menage, menial, immanent, permanent, remanent, remnant.
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