literary remains

Variant of remains

remains definition

re·mains (ri mānz)

plural noun

  1. what is left after part has been used, destroyed, etc.; remainder; remnant
  2. vestiges or traces of the past
  3. a dead body; corpse
  4. writings left unpublished by an author at the time of death

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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