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▪ I. regain, v.|rɪˈgeɪn, riː-|
[ad. F. regagner (earlier spelling regaigner): see re- and gain v.]
1. trans. To gain or get anew; to recover possession of (something). Also absol.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 260 b, One daie thone parte lost, and the other gained, and likewise the losers regained. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 645 Is not Normandy, which is father gat, regayned and conquered agayne, by the insolencie of him? 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §43. 260 Obtaining or re-gaining any publique, or private blessings. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 665 Least total darkness should by Night regaine Her old possession. 1710Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to W. Montagu 25 Apr., Could I deceive one minute, I should never regain my own good opinion. 1838Lytton Leila iv. iv, Regaining thee once more, a new and a soft existence opens upon my eyes. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 13, I began by degrees to regain confidence.
†b. To reclaim (land). Obs. rare—1.
1652W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (ed. 3) title-p., The Drainage of Fen Lands, Regaining Sea Lands, &c.
†2. To win back, recover, for another. Obs. rare.
1590C'tess Pembroke Antonie 1077 When I regainde him his rebellious Realme. 1599H. Buttes Dyets Drie Dinner B vj, Constrained to implore the ayde of Mithridate..in regaining to them the Castle of health.
†b. To win or bring back to a state or condition.
1639Fuller Holy War iv. ix. (1840) 194 Thus this city..was won by this barbarous people, never since regained to our religion. 1679Establ. Test 6 Little hope of help was to be expected.., to regain England to Obedience.
†3. With inf. To succeed in coming again. Obs.
1644Milton Educ. Wks. 1851 IV. 381 By regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him.
4. To get back to, succeed in reaching (a place) again; to rejoin (a person).
1634Milton Comus 274 Extreme shift How to regain my sever'd company Compell'd me to awake the courteous Echo. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 409 Let me now regain the Reithrian port. 1775R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 209, I made my egress.., glad to revisit day and regain a purer atmosphere. a1859L. Hunt Glove & Lions iv, The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regain'd his place. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 41 The cloud descends, and regaining the lower and warmer regions, returns to its original state.
b. To recover (one's feet).
1814Sir R. Wilson Autobiog. in Life (1862) I. ii. 90, I was up and down several times; but my dear little mare..always regained her feet.
Hence reˈgained ppl. a., reˈgaining vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also reˈgainable a., reˈgainer.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI 134, I thought here, to omit and ouerpasse the regainyng and conquest of the strong toune of Harflew. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. iv, With a regaining retrait, a gentle reluctancy. 1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 203 The Form..was reproduc'd by God, upon the regain'd Disposition of the Matter to receive it. 1682Bunyan (title) The Holy War..for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World. a1787J. Brown Sel. Rem. (1807) 244 To behold him a regainer of paradise. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air §153 Your liberty of choice has simply destroyed..so much life and strength, never regainable.
▪ II. reˈgain, n.
[f. the vb.]
1. An act of regaining; recovery. Also, an amount regained or recovered.
1927Observer 2 Oct. 19/5 Take into consideration..wages cost, depreciation and interest on working capital, general expenses, discount, regain, and waste. 1927Morning Post 4 Oct. 4/4 Progress of time will see..a regain of position of the horse in the ranks of industry.
2. The weight of moisture in a textile fibre or fabric expressed as a proportion of the weight of the material when thoroughly dry.
1904J. M. Matthews Textile Fibres iii. 46 The amount of normal wool is obtained by adding to the dry weight of the wool the amount of moisture supposed to be present in the air-dried material under normal conditions of humidity and temperature. The added amount is termed ‘regain’, and is officially fixed by the conditioning house. The permissible percentage of regain varies with the form of the manufactured wool. 1941Nature 4 Oct. 408/2 Dry wool shows strong polarization under an applied potential, but as its regain is increased its conductivity increases exponentially. 1961A. F. W. Coulson Man. Cotton Spinning II. i. ii. 285 The changes in moisture regain depend on temperature. |