Emily Dickinson Lexicon

remain (-ed, -eth, -ing, -s), v. [AFr < L. remanēre, re-, back + manēre, stay.] (webplay: abide, alive, all, away, brother, childless, duties, father's, forgotten, greater, inn, lay, leave, left, long, lost, low, morning, night, one, others, past, power, remove, rest, same, taken, till, time, wisdom, years).

1. Stay in place; hold one's ground; [fig.] do one's duty in the face of opposition.
2. Would stay in place; would be remembered.
3. Stay; abide; continue in the same place.
4. Stay; linger; tarry; stay behind.
5. Stay; continue to be; persist; continue without change; to still be.
6. To be left; stay behind after the removal of something.
7. To be left; still need to be gone through.
8. Phrase: “remains to see”