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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv [OE. agein, agayn AS ongegn onge['a]n, against, again on + ge['a]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. ``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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Again \A*gain"\, Agains \A*gains"\, prep. Against; also towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: again adv : anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again" [syn: {once again}, {once more}, {over again}]
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