[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gain \gain\, v. t. imp.  p. p. gained g=and; p. pr. 
   vb. n. gaining. from gain, n. but. prob. influenced by f.
   gagner to earn, gain, of. gaaignier to cultivate, ohg.
   weidin=on, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage,
   g. weide, akin to icel. veiethr hunting, as. w=aethu,
   cf. l. venari to hunt, e. venison. see gain, n., profit.
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   1. to get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by
      effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
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            what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole
            world, and lose his own soul?         --matt. xvi.
                                                  26.
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            to gain dominion, or to keep it gained. --milton.
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            for fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.
                                                  --pope.
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   2. 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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   3. to draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side;
      to conciliate.
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            if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
                                                  --matt. xviii.
                                                  15.
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            to gratify the queen, and gained the court.
                                                  --dryden.
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   4. to reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top
      of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
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            forded usk and gained the wood.       --tennyson.
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   5. to get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. obs.
      or ironical
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            ye should . . . not have loosed from crete, and to
            have gained this harm and loss.       --acts xxvii.
                                                  21.
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   gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward
      around the earth.

   to gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any
      undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent.

   to gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win
      over.

   to gain the wind naut., to reach the windward side of
      another ship.

   syn: to obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain;
        achieve.

   usage: see obtain. -- to gain, win. gain implies only
          that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it
          in competition with others. a person gains knowledge,
          or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a
          victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle
          with others.
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see also:
gained gaining gain gained day to gain ground to gain over 
to gain the wind obtain to gain win 

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