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gainsets

gainsets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gainset.

Meaning of gainset

Verb

gainset (third-person singular simple present gainsets, present participle gainsetting, simple past and past participle gainset)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare, transitive) To set over against; oppose.
    • This humour aideth the vnderstanding with two qualities, and gainsetteth it selfe only with one.1594, Carew, Huarte's Examamination of Men's Wits vi. 73

Questions about gainsets

What is gainsets the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gainsets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gainset.

Words near gainsets in the dictionary

  1. Gainsboroughs
  2. gainseeker
  3. gainseekers
  4. gainseeking
  5. gainset
  6. gainsets
  7. gainsetting
  8. gainshare
  9. gainsharing
  10. gainside
  11. gainsome

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