Part 4674

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; <as>as, to <ex>gain</ex> a good living</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What is a man profited, if he shall <b>gain</b> the whole world, and lose his own soul? <i>Matt. xvi. 26.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>gain</b> dominion, or to keep it <b>gained</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For fame with toil we <b>gain</b>, but lose with ease. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; <as>as, to <ex>gain</ex> a battle; to <ex>gain</ex> a case at law; to <ex>gain</ex> a prize.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.</def>

<blockquote>If he shall hear thee, thou hast <b>gained</b> thy brother. <i>Matt. xviii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To gratify the queen, and <b>gained</b> the court. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; <as>as, to <ex>gain</ex> the top of a mountain; to <ex>gain</ex> a good harbor.</as></def>

<blockquote>Forded Usk and <b>gained</b> the wood. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Ironical]</mark>

<blockquote>Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have <b>gained</b> this harm and loss. <i>Acts xxvii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Gained day</col>, <cd>the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth.</cd> -- <col>To gain ground</col>, <cd>to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent.</cd> -- <col>To gain over</col>, <cd>to draw to one's party or interest; to win over.</cd> -- <col>To gain the wind</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to reach the windward side of another ship.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve.</syn> <usage> See <er>Obtain</er>. -- <er>To Gain</er>, <er>Win</er>. <i>Gain</i> implies only that we get something by exertion; <i>win</i>, that we do it in competition with others. A person <i>gains</i> knowledge, or <i>gains</i> a prize, simply by striving for it; he <i>wins</i> a victory, or <i>wins</i> a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others.</usage>

<h1>Gain</h1> <Xpage=607>

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

<blockquote>Thou hast greedily <b>gained</b> of thy neighbors by extortion. <i>Ezek. xxii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Gaining twist</col>, <cd>in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.</cd> <mcol><col>To gain on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To encroach on; <as>as, the ocean <ex>gains on<ex> the land</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To obtain influence with.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To get the better of; to have the advantage of.</cd>

<blockquote>The English have not only <b>gained upon</b> the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote> </cs>

<blockquote>My good behavior had so far <b>gained on</b> the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gainable</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[CF. F. <ets>gagnable</ets>. See <er>Gain</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Capable of being obtained or reached.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Gainage</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"age</hw> <tt>(?, 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gaignage</ets> pasturage, crop, F. <ets>gaignage</ets> pasturage. See <er>Gain</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Gainer</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gains.</def>