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acted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." Dryden. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot.

One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone.

A backward stroke. [Obs.]

erson gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

en restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]. Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted. Jer. Taylor.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

The water used in cleansing. "Cast the ablutions in the main." Pope.

To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

g from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton.

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.

To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.