gainedadj.
/ɡeɪnd/ a. Obtained, acquired. Of time: Saved.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired
yfetc893
begottenOE
conquestc1330
gottena1400
achieveda1460
obtent?a1475
acquired?1483
obtained1520
acquisite1528
got?1548
adepted1553
won1553
gained1598
acquisited1613
acquisted1613
gleaneda1616
attained1861
the world > time > spending time > [adjective] > saved or stolen
stolen1585
gained1850
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 137 To vndermine wals and to raze those of any gained places downe.
1850 J. G. Whittier Prose Wks. (1866) I. 344 He was told that this was his gained time, and that he was engaged for himself.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 110 I kept the gained advantage.
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b. Nautical. gained day: ‘the twenty-four hours or day and night gained by circumnavigating the globe to the eastward.’ (Adm. Smyth.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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