Definitions
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- preposition
Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to.
Etymologies
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From Middle English *foregaynst, foreagenis, foragenis, foreganis, from Old English foran ongean ("opposite"), equivalent to fore- + gainst. Compare German vorentgegen.
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Examples
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In saying this, he took the head and held it warm foregainst his codpiece, that the wind might not enter into it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In saying this, he took the head and held it warm foregainst his codpiece, that the wind might not enter into it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In saying this, he took the head and held it warm foregainst his codpiece, that the wind might not enter into it.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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