Definition of gain

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Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize..

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Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison..
Refracture :: Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone..
Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
Court :: Court (v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
Barringout :: Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To put in possession again; to reinstate.
Prig :: Prig (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had..
Reconvertible :: Reconvertible (a.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..
Deforciant :: Deforciant (n.) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money..
Antarthritic :: Antarthritic (n.) A remedy against gout.
Forcible :: Forcible (a.) Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction..
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Transcribe :: Transcribe (v. t.) To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter..
Tory :: Tory (n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown..
Get :: Get (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
Negotiate :: Negotiate (v. i.) To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm..
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