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ETYMOLOGY from E-NED: In Old English ᵹęᵹn-, ᵹéan- ( gain adj.), was formerly employed to form various combinations, chiefly verbal, in the same way as again-, which was in more frequent use. Its senses are chiefly those of opposition, return, or reversal, answering to Latin re-. These combinations are now obsolete, with the exception of gainsay, and the technical term gainshire. Compare also the forms given under again- and its compounds EXAMPLE From: Diana of George of Montemayor Alonso Perez y Gaspar Gil Polo Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong Pritned 1598 The First Booke of the Second Part of Diana of George of Montemayor Written by Alsonso Perez P. 166
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