"gainand" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English gainand",
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        "3": "gainen",
        "t": "to gain, benefit"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gainand, present participle of Middle English gainen (“to gain, benefit”), equivalent to gain + -and.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more gainand",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most gainand",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Appropriate; becoming; fit; suitable; convenient."
      ],
      "id": "en-gainand-en-adj-p6Qi3DM8",
      "links": [
        [
          "Appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "becoming",
          "becoming"
        ],
        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "convenient",
          "convenient"
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        "(Now chiefly UK dialectal) Appropriate; becoming; fit; suitable; convenient."
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Scotland"
          ],
          "word": "ganand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gainand"
}

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      "expansion": "Middle English gainand",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gainen",
        "t": "to gain, benefit"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "gain",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gainand, present participle of Middle English gainen (“to gain, benefit”), equivalent to gain + -and.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more gainand",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most gainand",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Appropriate; becoming; fit; suitable; convenient."
      ],
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        [
          "Appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "becoming",
          "becoming"
        ],
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          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
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          "convenient",
          "convenient"
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        "(Now chiefly UK dialectal) Appropriate; becoming; fit; suitable; convenient."
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