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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Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..
Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To struggle against; to resist.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
Gainable :: Gainable (v. t.) Capable of being obtained or reached.
Bespeak :: Bespeak (v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor..
Reland :: Reland (v. i.) To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.
React :: React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome..
Conciliate :: Conciliate (v. t.) To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Reassemble :: Reassemble (v. t. & i.) To assemble again.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Withset :: Withset (v. t.) To set against; to oppose.
Strifeful :: Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..
Reecho :: Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon..
Againbuy :: Againbuy (v. t.) To redeem.
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Revest :: Revest (v. t.) To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe..
Acquisition :: Acquisition (n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
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