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Regaining

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re⋅gain

[ree-geyn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to get again; recover: to regain one's health.
2. to succeed in reaching again; get back to: to regain the shore.
–noun
3. (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.

Origin:
1540–50; re- + gain


re⋅gain⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅gain⋅er, noun
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re·gain   (rē-gān')   
tr.v.   re·gained, re·gain·ing, re·gains
  1. To recover possession of; get back again: regain one's strength. See Synonyms at recover.

  2. To manage to reach again: regained the summit.

re·gain'er n.
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Word Origin & History

regain 
c.1548, from M.Fr. regaigner, from re- "again" + gaginer, from O.Fr. gaaignier (see gain).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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