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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Again \A*gain"\, Agains \A*gains"\, prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. --Chaucer. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[a0]n, against, again; on + ge[a0]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. 5. On the other hand. [bd]The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.[b8] --Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Hersche[?]. {Again and again}, more than once; often; repeatedly. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {To and again}, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc. | |
