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单词 fore-again
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fore-againfore-againstprep.

Forms: Also Middle English foragayne, 1500s foraganis, forayenst.
Etymology: < fore prep. or fore adv. + again adv., prep., and conj., against prep., conj., adv., and n. Compare foregainst prep., fornent adv. and prep.
Obsolete.
Directly opposite, facing.
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the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > directly opposite
fore-again1506
fore-right against1548
in (the) face of1607
1506 Will of Robert Wyttylbury (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/15) f. 111v Forayenst the place where my fader lieth.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxx. f. cv For agayne the olde towne of Notyngham.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 257/1 in Chron. I That part that lieth foreaneinst [1587 fore against] France, was assigned to Edmunde.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 87 Nathir to thay best partes in Albion in the Easte foraganes Irland.
1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George ii. viii. 312 They..set, by two and two: every one with his fellow, which is foreagainst him in his stall.
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