'gainst

or gainst

[ genst, geynst ]

/ gɛnst, geɪnst /

preposition

against.

Nearby words

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for gainst

My long-bow 'gainst a plugged shilling that he would run and bellow lustily at sight of a quarter-staff.
Robin Hood|J. Walker McSpadden
Then if God's hands kept me here in the shanty 'gainst all Waldstricker could do, can't they keep you here, huh?
The Secret of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Did you not appear as one who stood four-square 'gainst every wind that blows, and asked for more?
By the Christmas Fire|Samuel McChord Crothers
Nay, even Hades will make fast her gates 'Gainst such offenders, innocently vile!
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays|Olive Tilford Dargan

And, as thou hop'st t' enjoy eternal life, Feel no resentment 'gainst a dying man!
Olla Podrida|Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for gainst

'gainst

gainst

/ (ɡɛnst, ɡeɪnst) /

preposition

poetic short for against

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for gainst

gainst

shortened form of against.