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verb

Win v. t. (past & past part. won, obs. wan; pres. part. winning)

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. "This city for to win." "Who thus shall Canaan win." "Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course."

To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. "Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me." "She is a woman; therefore to be won."

To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. (Archaic) "Even in the porch he him did win." "And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan."

(Mining) To extract, as ore or coal.

Synonyms: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.

Win v. i. (past & past part. won, obs. wan; pres. part. winning) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail. "Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms."

To win of, to be conqueror over. (Obs.)

To win on or To win upon.

(a)

To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others."

(b)

To gain ground on. "The rabble... will in time win upon power."

Won v. i. To dwell or abide. (Obs. or Scot.) " Where he wans in forest wild." "This land where I have woned thus long."

Won v. Imp. & p. p. of Win.

noun

Won n. Dwelling; wone. (Obs.)

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"Won" Quotes from Famous Books

... king, their religion, the salvation of their country? Bleeding from the loss of their sons—will they think more of money and corn-stacks and vintages than of that true peace and freedom which can only be won by driving out tyranny? Nobody wants to put them back as they were before 1789. The feudal ages are gone—we have given up our rights, and there is an end of it—but we want our own kings again, and we want peace for France, and time to breathe ...

— Angelot - A Story of the First Empire • Eleanor Price

... "We won't argue it now," said Thorndyke. "I ask you to note the fact that the inscription was upside down. I also observed on the walls of the chambers some valuable Japanese colour-prints on which were recent damp-spots. I noted that the sitting-room had ...

— The Mystery of 31 New Inn • R. Austin Freeman

... The Bible won against the prudery of the new English; prudery will go very far, and I can recall the objection of an evangelical lady, in Philadelphia, who disliked the nightly saying of the "Ave Maria" by a little Papist relative. This was ...

— Confessions of a Book-Lover • Maurice Francis Egan

... Fred went to the city for a winter holiday. Fred's book was elegantly brought out, and won him much praise and a little money. Sylvie achieved her ambition, and sold two pictures at what she considered marvellous prices, but she wisely confessed it only to her husband. They were invited to clubs and soirees; and Mrs. Minor was extremely affable, though she did blame Fred for allowing ...

— Hope Mills - or Between Friend and Sweetheart • Amanda M. Douglas

... said to me when I was a girl, "You needn't read Barry Lyndon; you won't like it." Indeed it is scarcely a book to like, but one to admire and to wonder at for its consummate power and mastery.... Barry Lyndon tells his own story, so as to enlist every sympathy against himself, and yet all flows so plausibly, so glibly, that one can hardly explain ...

— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

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