the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Ain
Webster's Dictionary
or (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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/ain.html. 1828.
