Définition/Signification de foregainst

• English - Preposition: foregainst ( Now chiefly dialectal ) Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to . Related terms foregain
• English - Etymology: From Middle English * foregaynst , foreagenis , foragenis , foreganis , from Old English foran ongean ( “ opposite ” ), equivalent to fore- +‎ gainst . Compare German vorentgegen .