regain

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To get back; to recover possession of.

   DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.

2. 2
   noun

   The act or process of regaining something.

   Patients who plateau after weight loss are more likely to blame the regain on something that they are responsible for – the wrong course of action they took or a specic oversight that they kept repeating–rather than who they are.

3. 3
   noun

   The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.

   The number of ends per inch may vary to some slight extent at different places in the width of the cloth and in different pieces woven to the same particulars , but if the regain is correctly estimated , the calculated reed to be used will be the same, unless a special reed has been used in weaving the cloth.

4. 4
   verb

   get or find back

5. 5
   verb

   come upon after searching

Etymology

From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.