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Pronunciation : A*gain"
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge?n, against, again; on + ge?n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
Definition : 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.

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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : A*gain"
Part of Speech : A*gains"
Definition : Defn: Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913