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verb (used with object)
1.
to get again; recover: to regain one's health.
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to succeed in reaching again; get back to: to regain the shore.
noun
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(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
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Regained
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
regain
c.1548, from M.Fr. regaigner, from re- "again" + gaginer, from O.Fr. gaaignier (see gain).
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