A*gain" [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge�xa0;n, against, again; on + ge�xa0;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.
⇒ 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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A*gain" (#), A*gains" (#), prep.
Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
[Obs.]
Albeit that it is again his kind.
Chaucer.
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