Definition of gain

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Gain (v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily..

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Overrule :: Overrule (v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court..
Rebound :: Rebound (v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse..
Reformative :: Reformative (a.) Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
Stimulus :: Stimulus (v. t.) A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Lust :: Lust (n.) Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain..
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes..
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite..
Adventuress :: Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
Reluctancy :: Reluctancy (n.) The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against..
Rechase :: Rechase (v. t.) To chase again; to chase or drive back.
Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble..
Procure :: Procure (v. t.) To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan..
Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A placing over against; opposite position.
Recelebrate :: Recelebrate (v. t.) To celebrate again, or anew..
Premunition :: Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
Replantable :: Replantable (a.) That may be planted again.
Persist :: Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy..
Againstand :: Againstand (v. t.) To withstand.
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
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