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To acquire possession of.

To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

(dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

To increase.

{{lb|en|intransitive|often with (on)}} To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.

To reach.

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.

To put on weight.

(fast) (of a clock or watch) To run fast.

The act of gaining; acquisition.

The thing or things gained.

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

(obsolete) Against.

(dialectal) Straight, direct; near; short.

(dialectal) Suitable; convenient; ready.

(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.

(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

(dialectal) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.

(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.

(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.