Gain, vb. to obtain or acquire by industry or good fortune; absol. == to profit, to have advantage: “despair to g. doth traffic oft for --ing,” Lucr. 131. All's II, 1, 3. Err. III, 2, 51. Cor. II, 3, 78. Ant. II, 6, 53. Per. IV, 6, 193 (some M. Edd. g. aught). Trans.: Lucr. 138. Lucr. 138 Sonn. 64, 5. 119, 14. Compl. 79. Pilgr. 36. Err. V, 250. Err. V, 250 Merch. I, 3, 164. II, 7, 5. As I, 1, 14. IV, 1, 26. John III, 4, 137. John III, 4, 137 H5 IV, 1, 192. H6A IV, 6, 36. V, 3, 32. V, 4, 115. H8 I, 2, 170. III, 2, 212. V, 3, 182. Tit. II, 4, 20. Mcb. III, 2, 20. Hml. IV, 4, 18. V, 2, 184. Oth. I, 3, 390. Cymb. I, 1, 33. Per. I, 1, 31. II Prol. 8. II, 1, 110. IV Prol. 8. to g. my thoughts (== dispose them favourably) All's V, 3, 183. “our audience,” H4B IV, 1, 76. “a language,” IV, 4, 69 (== learn it). “to g. the inn,” Mcb. III, 3, 7. “the cap of him,” Cymb. III, 3, 25. “his colour,” IV, 2, 167 (== to restore it). With a dat. and accus.: “--ed thy daughter princely liberty,” H6A V, 3, 140.
== to make a gainer, to make victorious: “the foul opinion you had of her pure honour --s or loses your sword or mine,” Cymb. II, 4, 59 (== will be the triumph or perdition of etc.).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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