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Search phrase: gained

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.vi.52.1For I have gained by't.For I haue gained by't.
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.23Yes, I have gained my experience.Yes, I haue gain'd my experience.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.251I gained my freedom, and immediatelyI gain'd my freedome; and immediately 
CymbelineCym I.i.33So gained the sur-addition Leonatus:So gain'd the Sur-addition, Leonatus.
Henry VH5 IV.i.177was gained; and in him that escapes, it were not sin towas gayned: and in him that escapes, it were not sinne to
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.140Hath gained thy daughter princely liberty.Hath gain'd thy daughter Princely libertie.
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.229While his own lands are bargained for and sold.While his owne Lands are bargain'd for, and sold:
King JohnKJ III.iv.136Must be as boisterously maintained as gained;Must be as boysterously maintain'd as gain'd.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.65Thy grace, being gained, cures all disgrace in me.Thy grace being gain'd, cures all disgrace in me.
OthelloOth I.iii.378For I mine own gained knowledge should profaneFor I mine owne gain'd knowledge should prophane
PericlesPer Chorus.IV.8In music's letters; who hath gainedIn Musicks letters, who hath gaind
PericlesPer IV.ii.125I have bargained for the joint –I haue bargaind for the ioynt.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.297'Tis bargained 'twixt us twain, being alone,'Tis bargain'd twixt vs twaine being alone,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.289Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.Men prize the thing vngain'd, more then it is.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.293‘ Achievement is command; ungained, beseech.’"Atchieuement, is command; vngain'd, beseech.

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.3.8 Thy grace being gained cures all disgrace in me. Thy grace being gainde, cures all disgrace in me.

Glossary

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distressfulearned through great hardship, gained from toil
extortedill-gotten, gained by evil means

Thesaurus

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evil means, gained byextorted
gained by evil meansextorted
gained from toildistressful
toil, gained fromdistressful

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift...c i ii 293 achievement is command ungained beseech verb to noun here*...
French...cute (v ) h5 iii iv 12 gagner gained garç on (n m ) mw v ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GAINBASICgained adj
GAINNOTungained adj
UNGAINEDBASICsee GAIN

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