regain

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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

Related forms:

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

To recover possession of; get back again: regain one's strength. See Synonyms at recover.
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).

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