Gain

gan, v. [gained (gand), gaining.] To get, as a profit or advantage; to acquire, win; to be succe ful in; to win to one's side, conciliate; to reach, attain to, arrive at. — v. To have advantage or profit; to grow rich: advance in happine , etc. — n. Thing gained; profit; advantage benefit; acquisition. [Ic. and Sw. gagn, Dan. gam, gain, Ic. and Sw. gagna, to help, avail, Dan. gavne, to benefit.] — linger or ink, then, boNboir, chair, get. 244 GAIN 226 To gain the wind. (N'autJ To reach the windward side of another ship. — To g. on or upon. To encroach on (as water upon land), advance nearer to (in a race), get the better of. — Grainier, n. — Gain'- ful, -ful, a. Producing profit, advantage, or wealth; advantageous; lucrative. — Gainfully, adv.— Gain'- fulne , n. — Gainle , a. Unprofitable.