to gain, then maintain, an object, position, etc. either by force or other means
1: "I don't know, he might surprise us and gaintain third for a while."
2: "The book explained how to gaintain power as an authority"
To gain and maintain at the same time, popularly used in the Stokesocracy. This word was created in the classroom of Stokesocracy and is very popular there.
The country gaintained during the war. Gaintaining is used to show that the country maintained their land and gain more land during the war.