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English Dictionary: regain by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regain
v
  1. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
    Synonym(s): recover, retrieve, find, regain
  2. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
    Synonym(s): find, regain
    Antonym(s): lose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Regain \Re*gain"\ (r?*g?n"), v. t. [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.
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