Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Win \Win\, v. i.
   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.      --Milton.

   {To win of}, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {To win on} or {upon}.
   (a) To gain favor or influence with. ``You have a softness
       and beneficence winning on the hearts of others.''
       --Dryden.
   (b) To gain ground on. ``The rabble . . . will in time win
       upon power.'' --Shak.