Gain

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What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Another answers, ‘Let him be, ⁠He loves to make parade of pain, ⁠That with his piping he may gain The praise that comes to constancy.’

The sick man gains daily.

Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion.

to gain a battle; to gain a case at law

Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

to gain ground

I’m gaining (on you).

to gain the top of a mountain

Ernest laughed harshly and savagely when he had gained the street.

If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

to gratify the queen, and gain the court

I’ve been gaining.

Thinspo, bonespo, meanspo, sweetspo, anything that could motivate me not to eat, not to consume, not to gain, not to fail.

All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: And more regarding gaine than victorie:

the lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain

When power is sought primarily for private gain, the social fabric decays and unravels.

Everyone shall share in the gains.

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the gainest way

[...] many times his horse and he plunged over the head in deep mires, for he knew not the way, but took the gainest way in that woodness, that many times he was like to perish.