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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

foregainst en · ADP

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to.

Relateds

foregain