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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 writings left unpublished by an author at the time of death
    in full literary remains

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

remains Synonyms

remains

n.

corpse, cadaver, relics, fossil; see body 2. See syn. study at body.


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remains quotes

In spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, He remains an Englishman!

-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to cut up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An'go to your Gawd like a soldier.

-Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

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