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Webster 1913 Edition
Regain
Re-gain′
(r?-g?n′)
, Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Regain
REGA'IN
,Verb.
T.
To gain anew; to recover what has escaped or been lost.
Definition 2024
regain
regain
English
Verb
regain (third-person singular simple present regains, present participle regaining, simple past and past participle regained)
- (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
- 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
- Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
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Translations
to get back, to recover possession of
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