win

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.Examples: "For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one knyȝt at ones and therfore yf ye wille fyghte ſoo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille aſſigne And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady ſhal haue her landes ageyne ye ſay wel ſayd ſir Vwayne therfor make yow redy ſo that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght"; "For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword."obsoletetransitive

2. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).Examples: "I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home."; "No sooner did I get my freedom than my footsteps began to be dogged by the spies of the Iron Heel. It was necessary that they should be thrown off the track, and that I should win to California."; "As this position was vulnerable, a trench was immediately begun from the junction of the Green Line with Lager Alley, back to the old British front line, in order to form a defensive flank for the protection of the troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade who had won through to their objective."intransitivetransitive

3. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).transitive

4. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.Examples: "to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle"transitive

5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).Examples: "Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me."; "She is a woman; therefore to be won."; "Mr. Weston seems an excellent creature—quite a first-rate favourite with me already, I assure you. And she appears so truly good—there is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly."transitive

6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.Examples: "Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?"intransitive