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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
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.

Regain

Re*gain"\ (r?*g?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.] To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Syn: To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
Language Translation for : regain
Spanish: recobrar, recuperar,
German: wiedergewinnen,
Japanese: 取り戻す

regain 
c.1548, from M.Fr. regaigner, from re- "again" + gaginer, from O.Fr. gaaignier (see gain).
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