\Re*main"m\ n.
1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]
         Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've
         seen him do.                          --Shak.
2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the
   plural. ``The remains of old Rome.'' --Addison.
         When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
                                               --Burke.
3. Specif., in the plural:
   (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is
       gone; relics; a dead body.
             Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping
             vaults her hallowed earth contains! --Pope.
   (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary
       works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.