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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Resuscitate :: Resuscitate (v. i.) To come to life again; to revive.
Redistill :: Redistill (v. t.) To distill again.
Erudition :: Erudition (n.) The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship..
Backset :: Backset (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring..
Anticatarrhal :: Anticatarrhal (a.) Efficacious against catarrh.
Revirescence :: Revirescence (n.) A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.
Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
Acquire :: Acquire (v. t.) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits..
Rebury :: Rebury (v. t.) To bury again.
Antihydropic :: Antihydropic (a.) Good against dropsy.
Again :: Again (adv.) In any other place.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation..
Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..
Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder..
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Readmission :: Readmission (n.) The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer..
Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
Get-penny :: Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.
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