English Explanatory Dictionary

gainset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set over against; oppose.

Word forms

gainset gainsets gainsetting gain-set gaynset

Etymology

From Middle English gaynsetten, yensetten (also aȝeynesetten (“to oppose”)), equivalent to gain- + set. Cognate with archaic German gegensetzen (“to oppose”) (whence entgegensetzen), German Gegensatz (“opposition”).

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