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(1):

(n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

(2):

(n.) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.

(6):

(n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

(7):

(v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

(8):

(v. t.) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss.

(9):

(a.) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.

(10):

(n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ain.html. 1828.
 
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