{ A*gain" (&?;), A*gains" (&?;),
} prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]
Albeit that it is again his kind.
Chaucer.
A*gain" (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein,
agayn, AS. ongegn, ongeán, against, again; on + geán, 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. "The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman." 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.
&fist; 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.
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