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/leɪn/ · verb
past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”).
He had lain there for many hours.
The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.
Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger
Use lain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lain means past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”).
Common synonyms include laid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He had lain there for many hours.
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