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thereagainst, adv. Now arch.|ðɛərəˈgɛnst, -əˈgeɪnst|
Forms: α. 4 þerageyns, 5 therayeines, -ayeynes, þer-aȝens, þar-agaynys, there aȝens. β. 5 ther agenst, ageynste, ther(eayenst(e, 6 ther agenst, -ageinst, 6– thereagainst.
[f. there 17 + againes, against prep.]
1. Against or in opposition to that.
αc1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 367 No mon may distrie hit, or dispense þerageyns. c1402Lydg. Compl. Bl. Knt. 533 Ther ayeines shal I never stryve. c1449Pecock Repr. 75 If the gretter laboure be mad thereaȝens.
β1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 10 Remedyes..to be used there ageynste. Ibid. 69. 1528 Tindale Obed. Chr. Man 93 b, I will not stryue nor saye thar agenst. c1647Sanderson Episcopacy (1673) 9 Remedy provided there-against by an Act of Parliament. 1870Magnússon & Morris Völsunga Saga xx. 71 But thereagainst I vowed a vow, that never would I wed one who knew the name of fear.
†2. As a set-off thereto; contrariwise; on the other side. Obs.
a1400–50Alexander 1264 Ser Beritinus þe bald þai bretned to dethe, And Sampson on þis side was slay þar agaynys. c1407H. Scogan Moral Ballad 158 Seeth, there ayenst, how vertuous noblesse..Dryveth away al vyce. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 141 Of the wynde comyth good... But ther ayeynes dyuers Perillis..and destourbaunce fallyth. 1558T. Phaer æneid. ii. E iv b, In his purpose still he fixt remainyd fast. We therageinst with streaming teares.
3. In pressure or impact against that.
1863Sala in Temple Bar Mag. VII. 496 From the bobbing and rasping of watch-spring crinolines there-against. 1884C. T. Davis Manuf. Bricks & Tiles, etc. ix. (1889) 285 Its ends are passed through the side pieces of the frame and tightened there-against by nuts. |