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Definition of Regaining

1. Noun. Getting something back again. "Upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

Definition of Regaining

1. Verb. (present participle of regain) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regaining

1. regain [v] - See also: regain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regaining

Literary usage of Regaining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... or at his own suit upon regaining reason, unless after regaining reason he has confirmed the marriage, provided that the party compos mentis, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The addition thereto reads: "You are further instructed, however, that if after regaining consciousness he discovered the said ring or its whereabouts and ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The campaign for regaining the State failed, and by November the Confederate authorities decided to* abandon the plan of occupying it. ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... but the latter, regaining papal favour, caused it to be revoked and appointed his own agents (' Ann. Paul.' in STUBBS, Chronicles of Edward I and Edward ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"The satraps, whom he was obliged to trust, embraced the first opportunity of regaining the affection of their countrymen, ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The campaign for regaining the State failed, and by November the Confederate authorities decided to abandon the plan of occupying it. ..."

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