gainstprep.

Forms: Also 'gainst.

Etymology: Rather a poetic aphetizing of against prep. than the direct descendant of gain prep., gains prep.

Against.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in opposition to [preposition]

to-gainsa1000

againOE

gainc1175

gainsc1275

i-gainc1325

igainesc1325

to1388

incontrair1484

flat against1531

gainst1590

v.1738

versus1873

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4 Both firmely armd for euery hard assay, With constancy and care, gainst daunger and dismay.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Div That gainst the Pope I should in no wise stand.

c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies sig. C^v Why figthst gainst odds?

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. iv. 25 As a forme of waxe Resolueth from his figure 'gainst the fire.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxxxi, in Poems (1878) IV. 133 A strange Doctrine Irrelative; but lately vrg'd 'Gainst Harrie's Title.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. vii. 84 Charged 'gainst those who lay Prisoned in Cuthbert's islet gray.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gainst
释义	gainstprep. Forms: Also 'gainst. Etymology: Rather a poetic aphetizing of against prep. than the direct descendant of gain prep., gains prep. Against. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in opposition to [preposition] to-gainsa1000 againOE gainc1175 gainsc1275 i-gainc1325 igainesc1325 to1388 incontrair1484 flat against1531 gainst1590 v.1738 versus1873 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4 Both firmely armd for euery hard assay, With constancy and care, gainst daunger and dismay. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Div That gainst the Pope I should in no wise stand. c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies sig. C^v Why figthst gainst odds? a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. iv. 25 As a forme of waxe Resolueth from his figure 'gainst the fire. View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxxxi, in Poems (1878) IV. 133 A strange Doctrine Irrelative; but lately vrg'd 'Gainst Harrie's Title. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. vii. 84 Charged 'gainst those who lay Prisoned in Cuthbert's islet gray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < prep.1590
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