Definition for Gain (-ed, -ing, -s)

gain (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. gagner.] (webplay: advance, Christ, come, competitor, difficult, ease, emperor, extend, favor, grow, hopes, land, liberty, live, lose, mountain, nearer, obtain, persuade, possess, prevail, prize, reach, rich, sea, side, soul, superiority, take, things, time, whole, wind, world).

  1. Win; achieve victory; overcome a challenge.
  2. Receive; achieve favor of.
  3. Meet; fly into; [fig.] win.
  4. Reach; arrive at.
  5. Obtain; acquire.

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