gainset

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Definition of gainset

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(archaic, dialectal, rare, transitive)To set over against; oppose.

“This humour aideth the vnderstanding with two qualities, and gainsetteth it selfe only with one.”
“Sith I doe not take vpon mee but to write bare Annotations, I leaue it to the Readers conſideration, who may ſee, now more then euer, that the world continueth the building of Babel: that is, men madly gainſet their owne wiſedome and power againſt the wiſedome and power of God; […]”
“An t'Man up it Mooin in hiz letter sent wurd, This wor ta begin Febrewerry Twenty-Thurd, Shud yo like to see it - put yersen e moshan, An ax't gainset way tut North Pacifick Oashan; If ankshas yo feel to be there before nooin, Yo mun tack a cheap trip e somebody's baloon;[…]”
“Forsooth some gainsetting say: active life is more fruitful; for it does works of mercy, it preaches and works other such deeds; […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English gaynsetten, yensetten (also aȝeynesetten (“to oppose”)), equivalent to gain- + set. Cognate with archaic German gegensetzen (“to oppose”) (whence entgegensetzen), German Gegensatz (“opposition”).

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