A surname.

simple past tense and past participle of gain

Providing gain; profitable.

(architecture) 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.

(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short. / (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready. / (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous. / (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

The act of gaining; acquisition. / The thing or things gained. / (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means. / (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately. / (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

(obsolete) Against.

(transitive) To acquire possession of. / (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

Prefix meaning "against", "contrary to", "in opposition to", "counter-". / Prefix denoting reciprocal action; "in return"; "counter-".