| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·gain |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -g n |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·gained, re·gain·ing, re·gains
1. To recover possession of; get back again: regain one's strength. See synonyms at recover. 2. To manage to reach again: regained the summit. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·gainer —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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