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forgainst

forgainst is the alternative form of foregainst.

Meaning of foregainst

Preposition

foregainst

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

Questions about forgainst

What is forgainst the alternative form of?
Forgainst is the alternative form of foregainst.

Words near forgainst in the dictionary

  1. forfid
  2. forfight
  3. forflutter
  4. forg
  5. forgab
  6. forgainst
  7. Forgan
  8. Forgandenny
  9. forgat
  10. forgather
  11. forgathered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgainst (page history and authors); foregainst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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