Part 4675

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gainful</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.</def> "A <i>gainful</i> speculation." <i>Macaulay</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Gain"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Gain"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Gaingiving</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"giv`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Again</er>, and <er>Give</er>.]</ety> <def>A misgiving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gainless</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not producing gain; unprofitable.</def> <i>Hammond</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Gain"less/ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Gainly</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gain</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Gainpain</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"pain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>gagner</ets> to gain + <ets>pain</ets> bread.]</ety> <def>Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.</def>

<h1>Gainsay</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain`say"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gainsaid</er> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gainsaying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>geinseien</ets>, <ets>ageinseien</ets>. See <er>Again</er>, and <er>Say</er> to utter.]</ety> <def>To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.</def>

<blockquote>I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to <b>gainsay</b> nor resist. <i>Luke xxi. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The just gods <b>gainsay</b> That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gainsayer</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain`say"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.</def> "To convince the <i>gainsayers</i>."

<i>Tit. i. 9.</i>

<h1>Gainsome</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Gainful.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Prepossessing; well-favored.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<h1>'Gainst</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>'Gainst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>A contraction of <er>Against</er>.</def>

<h1>Gainstand</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain"stand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gainstood</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>gainstanding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Again</er>, and <er>Stand</er>.]</ety> <def>To withstand; to resist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Durst . . . <b>gainstand</b> the force of so many enraged desires. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>