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Wan   /wɑn/   Listen
verb
Win  v. t.  (past & past part. won, obs. wan; pres. part. winning)  
1.
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."
2.
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."
3.
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.
4.
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."
5.
(Mining) To extract, as ore or coal.
Synonyms: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.


Wan  v. i.  To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." "And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair."


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."


Wan  past  obs. of Win. Won.


adjective
Wan  adj.  (compar. wanner; superl. wannest)  Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." "My color... (is) wan and of a leaden hue." "Why so pale and wan, fond lover?" "With the wan moon overhead."


noun
Wan  n.  The quality of being wan; wanness. (R.) "Tinged with wan from lack of sleep."





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"Wan" Quotes from Famous Books



... prize for the best essay in a county contest. She was asked to read it to the school and though she begged to be excused, her teacher insisted. She slept little and ate little during the days before it must be read and on the morning when the school assembled to hear it looked pale and wan. It was with very evident effort that she walked to the front of the platform. Her lips opened but no voice came. Her sister thought she was going to faint but she pulled herself together and was able to read in a thin scared voice which could not be heard three seats ...
— The Girl and Her Religion • Margaret Slattery
... contrasted, the two confronted each other on the stairs. The faded woman, wan and ghastly under cruel stress of mental suffering, stood face to face with a fine, tall, lithe man, in the prime of his health and strength. Here were the bright blue eyes, the winning smile, and the natural grace of movement, which find their own way to favour in the estimation of the gentler ...
— Blind Love • Wilkie Collins
... did spend, and make an end Of gear that his forefathers wan; Of land and ware he made him bare, So speak nae mair of ...
— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott
... good Colour, and herein the Gray, Yellow, or Red Pyle, with a black Breast, are to be preferred; the Pyde rarely good, and the White and Dun never. A Scarlet Head is a demonstration of Courage, but a Pale and wan of Faintness. ...
— The School of Recreation (1696 edition) • Robert Howlett
... breathless, still in wonder; and then very slowly there grew over his face the look of an unearthly peace, so that they who were by him deferred the putting aside of the Indian. With eyes wide open, full of a calm they could not understand, he looked and smiled, his wan face flushing again in that last time. Then, reaching suddenly out, his long white fingers tangled themselves feebly in the golden skein, and with a little loving uplift of the eyes he drew it to his breast. A few seconds he held ...
— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson


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