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   Again , adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, ongeán, against, again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
   In return, back; as, bring us word again.
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   Another time; once more; anew.
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   If a man die, shall he live again?
   Job xiv. 14.
   
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   Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
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   In any other place. [Archaic]
   Bacon.
   
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   On the other hand. “The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.”  
   Shak.
   
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   Moreover; besides; further.
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   Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
   Herschel.
   
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   Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. -- Now and again, now and then; occasionally. -- To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe.
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   ☞ 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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   { Again , Agains , } prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]
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   Albeit that it is again his kind.
   Chaucer.
   
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