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▸ verb:  (transitive) To acquire possession of.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
▸ verb:  (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To increase.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To reach.
▸ verb:  To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To put on weight.
▸ verb:  (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
▸ noun:  The act of gaining; acquisition.
▸ noun:  The thing or things gained.
▸ noun:  (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete or dialectal) Straight, direct; near; short.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete or dialectal) Suitable; convenient; ready.
▸ adjective:  (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
▸ adjective:  (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete or dialectal) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
▸ adverb:  (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
▸ adverb:  (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
▸ noun:  (architecture) 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.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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