against

/ə-ˈgen(t)st/

Middle English ayenest, ayenst, ayeinst, agaynste, alteration (with parasitic -t, perhaps originally from partial assimilation to a following article) of ayeines, ageynes, from ayein, ageyn again-es {et_link|-{rsquo}s|-'s}

preposition

  1. in opposition or hostility to

  2. not in conformity with : contrary, to

  3. in competition with

spoke against his enemies

against the law

conjunction

  1. in preparation for the time when

… throw on another log of wood against father comes home.