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Webster 1913 Edition
Again
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. Herschel.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Again
AGAIN
,adv.
1.
A second time; once more.I will not again curse the ground. Gen 8.
2.
It notes something further, or additional to one or more particulars.For to which of the angels said he at any time, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son? and again, let all the angels of God worship him. Heb. 1.
All the uses of this word carry in them the ideas of return or repetition; as in these phrases; give it back again; give him as much again, that is, the same quantity once more or repeated.
There is not, in the world again, such a commerce as in London.
Who art thou that answerest again?
Bring us word again.
Again and again, often; with frequent repetition.