Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-MAIN
RE-MAIN, v.t.
To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.]
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RE-MAIN, v.t.
To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.]
Return to page 79 of the letter “R”.