To acquire possession of.
Looks like you’ve gained a new friend.
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
The sick man gains daily.
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
The act of gaining; acquisition.
All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: And more regarding gaine than victorie:
The thing or things gained.
Everyone shall share in the gains.
Against.
Straight, direct; near; short.
the gainest way
Suitable; convenient; ready.
Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
Tolerably; fairly.
gain quiet
A surname.
From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-German...
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A square or bevelled 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.