Foregainst

prep

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Definitions

Preposition
  1. 1
    Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English *foregaynst, foreagenis, foragenis, foreganis, from Old English fōran onġēan (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- + gainst. Compare German vorentgegen.

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