Gain: alternatives and connections

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by a…

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To support or sustain; to hold up.

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The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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of Come

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To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Jet, the mineral.

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Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

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of Grind

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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

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A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

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To whisper.

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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A handle; a stale, or stele.

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The top; the highest point.

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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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To go up; to ascend.

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To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

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Jet, the mineral.

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To hold; to keep; to possess.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

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To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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One who gains.

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One who gains.

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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A successor.

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A successor.

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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

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One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

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of Win

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of Win

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Gone.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To labor; to travail.

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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

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To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…

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See Ern, n.

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To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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It.

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

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To retch.

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To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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