SuaviloquyToday’s word

regain

Regain (rgn), v. t.

Etymology: [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.]

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Syn. -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for regain; he lists it under recover.

Where he writes about it:

The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. — from recover

Synonyms

recoverbe curedbe restoredcurehealhealedreanimaterecruitrecuperaterepossessrestoreresumeretrieve

Antonyms

diefailgrow worserelapsesink

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