To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
To increase.
To reach.
To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
To put on weight.
To run fast.
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.
Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
Tolerably; fairly.
Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
The thing or things gained.
The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
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.
To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.
To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.