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.
{ A*gain" (&?;), A*gains" (&?;), }
prep. Against; also, towards (in order to
meet). [Obs.]
Albeit that it is again his kind.
Chaucer.
