Regain

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:33:43

Re*gain" (r?*g?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.]

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Syn. -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.

 

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