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remaine

remaine is the obsolete spelling of remain.

Meaning of remain

Verb

remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)

  1. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
    • After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
  2. To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
    • If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.
    Synonyms:
    rest
  3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
    • Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.
    Synonyms:
    linger, endure
  4. To await; to be left to.
    Synonyms:
    await
  5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
    • There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
    Synonyms:
    stay

See all 9 meanings of remain

Forms of remaine

third-person singular presentremaines
present participleremaining
past participleremained
pastremained

Questions about remaine

What is remaine the obsolete spelling of?
Remaine is the obsolete spelling of remain.

Words near remaine in the dictionary

  1. remainderman
  2. remaindermen
  3. remainders
  4. remaindership
  5. remainderships
  6. remaine
  7. remained
  8. remained to be seen
  9. remainedst
  10. remainee
  11. remainees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remaine (page history and authors); remain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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