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adverb

Again adv.

In return, back; as, bring us word again.

Another time; once more; anew. "If a man die, shall he live again?"

Once repeated; of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

In any other place. (Archaic)

On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign... the other again is my kinsman."

Moreover; besides; further. "Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc."

Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.

Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

To and again, to and fro. (Obs.) 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.

preposition

Agains, Again prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). (Obs.) "Albeit that it is again his kind."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Again" Quotes from Famous Books

... again. Something in the two pictures reminded him of the portraits of the Flambourgh family. They had evidently been done by the same artist. Each youth had something under his left arm, each was turning his face slightly, and they both looked the same way. ...

— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow

... Again her hands fell from the wet unhappy face. She shivered a little when she met his frowning looks, and turned away. He stooped and picked up her mitten. Why, you couldn't turn a dog away on a night ...

— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

... never forgive him—never!" her white teeth clinched. "The dastard—to play the devoted to me, and then desert me at the first sight of a madcap on horseback. I will never stoop to say one civil word to him again." ...

— The Baronet's Bride • May Agnes Fleming

... the mist will rise, and the day will break and the sun will come again and . . . there will ...

— The Woman Thou Gavest Me - Being the Story of Mary O'Neill • Hall Caine

... of the reserve force. An individual may be able to carry easily forty pounds up a hill and by exerting all his force may carry eighty pounds, but if he habitually carries the eighty pounds, even though the muscles become stronger by exercise the load cannot be again doubled. The dilatation of the heart which is so important in compensation is fraught with danger, because any weakening of the muscle increases the dilatation, until a point is reached when, owing to the dilatation of the orifices between auricles and ventricles, the valves become incompetent ...

— Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman

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