regainn.
/rᵻˈɡeɪn/, /ˌriːˈɡeɪn/, U.S. /riˈɡeɪn/, /rəˈɡeɪn/ 1. An act of regaining something; recovery. Also: an amount regained or recovered.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > back or again
coveringc1230
restaurationa1398
recoverance1398
retrievingc1425
recoverc1430
readeption1471
recuperation1481
recovery1523
retiring1548
repossessing1576
regetting1585
recoverment1591
repossession1592
refetching1624
regainment1642
recooper1652
reattainment1661
reacquisition1719
revendication1760
retrievation1806
retrieve1853
regain1860
1860 P. Morphy Morphy's Games of Chess 313 By playing Q. to R's 6th Black insures the regain of his Pawn, though in rather embarrassing circumstances.
1863 H. J. Coke High & Low 285 The regain of his grandchild was a subject of heartfelt thanks to Providence.
1903 Biol. Bull. 4 205 Two days before the mould the left chela showed a regain of nervous control.
1927 Observer 2 Oct. 19/5 Take into consideration..wages cost, depreciation and interest on working capital, general expenses, discount, regain, and waste.
1927 Morning Post 4 Oct. 4/4 Progress of time will see..a regain of position of the horse in the ranks of industry.
1969 Proc. Royal. Soc. B 173 16 They can then, by appropriate biochemical means, be coaxed back into their original arrangements with a regain of activity.
2005 Skeptical Inquirer Sept.–Oct. 29/1 Temporary weight loss followed by a regain of that weight.
2. The weight of moisture in a substance (esp. a polymer, textile fibre, or fabric) under particular conditions of humidity and temperature, typically expressed as a proportion of the weight of the substance when completely dry. More fully moisture regain.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > [noun] > weight of moisture in
regain1894
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > weight of > weight of moisture in
regain1894
1894 U.S. Consular Rep. 45 5 In conditioning for the United States the standard regain allowance for moisture would have to be rearranged.
1941 Nature 4 Oct. 408/2 Dry wool shows strong polarization under an applied potential, but as its regain is increased its conductivity increases exponentially.
1961 A. F. W. Coulson et al. Man. Cotton Spinning II. i. ii. 285 The changes in moisture regain depend on temperature.
1988 Jrnl. Photogr. Sci. 36 34 Analysis of naturally aged [cellulose actetate/nitrate] films indicates a correlation between moisture regain, acidity and degree of degradation.
2002 New Scientist 23 Feb. 109/1 Fibres such as rayon, silk, wool, cotton and linen have high moisture ‘regain’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
regainv.
/rᵻˈɡeɪn/, /ˌriːˈɡeɪn/, U.S. /riˈɡeɪn/, /rəˈɡeɪn/ 1. † b. transitive. spec. To reclaim (land) from the sea. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To gain again; (literally or metaphorically) to recover possession or use of something lost.In quot. 1548 used intransitively.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > again or back
acovera1225
covera1300
gain-covera1300
to get againc1380
recovera1387
becoverc1400
recounsel?a1425
recurea1425
win1489
redeem1526
readept1537
rehave1541
recuperate1542
regain1548
reobtain1579
retire1584
reget1585
to get back1587
retrieve1589
reprise1590
reprocure1590
reattain1595
relieve1596
recompassc1604
reacquire1627
reacquist1635
recruit1656
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxv One daie thone parte lost, and the other gained, & likewise the losers regained.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 645 Is not Normandy, which his father gat, regayned and conquered agayne, by the insolencie of him?
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §43. 260 Obtaining or re-gaining any publique, or private blessings.
1696 J. Cary Ess. Coyn & Credit Eng. 28 I say besides these, many great things might be done for this Nation;..as the Draining of Levels: Regaining Lands out of the Sea, [etc.].
1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 25 Apr. (1965) I. 30 Could I deceive one minute, I should never regain my own good Opinion.
1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria i. vii. 142 In his family, to regain his lost consequence, he determined to keep up the same passive obedience.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. iv. 196 Regaining thee once more, a new and a soft existence opens upon my eyes.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 10 I began by degrees to regain confidence.
1908 E. M. Forster Room with View vii. 112 Mr. Beebe had regained good humour, and Mr. Eager was already snubbing Miss Lavish.
1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. vii. ii. 13 King James was to be given his chance of regaining the throne.
1982 I. D. Hume Digestive Physiol. & Nutrition vi. 185 Weight loss ceased and all animals slowly regained weight.
2004 T. Khair Bus Stopped 61 The motorcycle wobbles dangerously and regains its balance.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)]
ina1387
reclaim1440
improve1523
win1531
mitigate1601
reform1607
stuba1650
regain1652
redeem1671
reduce1726
to bring to1814
to bring in1860
to break in1891
green1967
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (title page) By Draining of Fen, Reducing Bog, and Regaining Sea-lands.
2.
a. transitive. With direct and indirect object: to win back or recover (a thing, or occasionally a person) for someone. Formerly also with †to (obsolete).
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back
retake1567
regain1592
re-win1606
repeat1909
1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius iii. sig. K3v When I regainde [Fr. reconquis] him his rebellious Realme.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B6 Constrained to implore the ayde of Mithridate..in regaining to them the Castle of health.
1616 A. Roberts Treat. Witchcraft To Rdr., sig. A4v Sundry learned and reuerend Diuines, who..regained her to God from whom she was departed by Apostacie.
1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple II. ii. 193 He was shocked at perceiving the Marquis's Coldness to him; but..did not doubt but his future Behaviour to me would soon regain him his Esteem.
1812 S. E. Brydges Collins's Peerage of Eng. II. 590 At length he procured his liberty, and was brought again to court, where his useful abilities regained him his office.
1890 F. W. Bain Christina, Queen of Sweden i. 35 Their renewed resolution..once more regained them their lost reputation.
1907 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World (new ed.) XXII. Hist. U.S. i. i. 448 The exposition of the useful plans he [sc. Columbus] meant to carry into execution easily regained him the confidence of Isabella.
1978 tr. P.-J. Hélias Horse of Pride ii. 36 That ‘return to the church’..regained them their place among the faithful and allowed them to appear in public again.
2007 J. Rosenbaum Discovering Orson Welles ix. 91 A move which..often regained him some of the freedom and autonomy that he had..found in a Hollywood studio on Citizen Kane.
b. transitive. To win or bring back (a group, nation, etc.) to a particular state or condition of life.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > a thing to or into previous condition
reversec1350
reforma1393
recover1393
converta1425
reduce?a1425
revolve1431
returnc1436
recure?1440
remayne1481
relieve1483
redressc1500
restaur1508
reprieve?1567
recollect1606
redeem1613
regain1624
to bring back1662
re-reducea1676
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xii. 87 Being reconciled and regained to the Catholike Church, they confessed, Marcus had abused them carnally.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ix. 184 Thus this city..was wonne by this barbarous people, never since regained to our religion.
1679 Established Test 6 Little hope of help was to be expected.., to regain England to Obedience.
1783 S. Barrington Charge delivered to Clergy 13 They who are not too far gone in enthusiasm may be regained to the sober truth as it is in Christ Jesus.
1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 10 May 145/1 Peru seems to be as if regained to the royal cause.
1856 A. Alison Hist. Europe from Fall of Napoleon III. xiv. 155 The entire country, including the islands, had been regained to the Cross.
1914 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 20 235 If the prisoners are not reformed and regained to an honest life by this system, nothing can be expected in the way of their improvement from the old system.
1998 P. Denis Dominican Friars in Southern Afr. i. 71 His conviction that the Catholics who had turned to Protestantism or to Islam after their arrival in the Cape could be regained to the Roman faith.
3. transitive. To return or get back to (a place, position, thing, etc.); to reach again. Also: to rejoin (a person or group).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] > again
regaina1600
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > again
regaina1600
a1600 J. Craig Mother & Child (1611) sig. I4v Then hee beginneth by little and little to regaine the toppe, and..to winde himselfe out of the place, into which he so easily fell.
1637 J. Milton Comus 10 Extreame shift How to regaine my sever'd companie Compell'd me to awake the courteous Echo.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 409 Let me now regain the Reithrian port.
1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxxvi. 177 I made my egress,..glad to revisit day, and to regain a purer atmosphere, with freedom of respiration.
1806 Sporting Mag. June 130/2 General Moreau..warmly applauded my skill, declaring that no French sportsman, though acquainted with the forest, could have regained the company.
1844 L. Hunt Poet. Wks. 76 The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regain'd his place.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 41 The cloud descends, and regaining the lower and warmer regions, returns to its original state.
1904 L. F. Baum Marvelous Land of Oz 62 They soon regained the road of yellow brick.
1937 E. Partridge Covey of Partridge 40 Regaining the camp, he felt a raging thirst and called for a drink.
2006 M. Rendell Death of Marco Pantani x. 121 He launched a vicious acceleration. The group [of cyclists] was left standing. Suddenly Ullrich was spent; he had regained the group too fast.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat [verb (intransitive)]
regain1644
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 By regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him.
Phrases
transitive. to regain one's feet: to stand up again, esp. after having fallen.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > place into or assume a posture [verb (transitive)] > regain a posture
to regain one's feet1654
recover1748
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. i. 171 She was presently supported by the Curate,..and so regaining her feet, [he] desired her..to setle her a little discomposed spirits.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 329 After some pantings she open'd her eyes, and regain'd her feet.
?1754 Mock Monarchs II. vi. 77 Sawney, and his Master of the Horse,..had but just regained their Feet.
1798 A. M. Mackenzie Dusseldorf xiii. 149 Before he could mount the horse, who had with difficulty regained his feet, a man approached in visible agitation.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 452/2 Clinging to a contiguous shrub,..the breathless and half-drowned youth regained his feet after the wave receded.
1866 Capt. Flack Hunter's Experiences Southern States Amer. viii. 148 She fell, but, quickly regaining her feet, was soon lost to sight in the wood.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 28/2 She saw him trip in a hole and fall heavily, but regain his feet like a cat.
1997 A. Miller Ingenious Pain v. 231 I do not care to remember how often I up-ended myself, and once down, your Ladyship has no idea how difficult it is to regain one's feet.
Derivatives
reˈgainable adj. Cf. earlier unregainable adj.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > retrievable or recoverable
recuperable?a1439
recoverablea1500
recuperative1623
repertible1656
retrievable1661
regainable1707
redeemable1850
1707 W. Black Reply to Authors of Advantage of Scotl. 31 France had better give up..one, two or more of their own Cities or Provinces, Regainable upon another Turn, than to suffer a Kingdom..to be Irrecoverably lost for ever.
1833 H. Ellison Madmoments I. 137 Which harsh Laws..his own Frail passions have destroyed, regainable By Faith alone!
2007 B. A. Kaplan Unwanted Beauty ii. 59 The past..is..never really regainable.
reˈgainer n.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > again
recoverera1393
regainer1722
1722 W. Willymott tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iv. 482 Come unto me, O thou Regainer of forfeited Paradise.
1859 D. G. Brinton Notes on Floridian Penins. i. 59 The regainers of the territory.
1999 I. Etzersdorfer in G. Bischof et al. Vranitzky Era in Austria 72 The inner-party role of Franz Vranitzky was that of..a regainer of already lost voters.
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