foregainst

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *foregaynst, foreagenis, foragenis, foreganis, from Old English fōran onġēan (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- +‎ gainst. Compare German vorentgegen. === Preposition === foregainst (obsolete) Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to. ==== Related terms ==== foregain === Anagrams === Fort Gaines, aforesting