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/əgˈɛn ənd əgˈɛn/ Listen

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.

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... wife's head just disappearing under the water. Like lightning I grasped her by the hair and as best I could, pinioned as I was above the water by the timber, I raised her above it. The weight proved too much and she sank again. Again I pulled her to the surface and again she sank. This I did again and again with no avail. She drowned in my very grasp, and at last she dropped from my nerveless hands to leave my sight forever. As if I had not suffered enough, a few moments after I saw some objects whirling around in an ...

— The Johnstown Horror • James Herbert Walker

... excitement over the entertainment, and in that stagnation all attention was directed to the new joke on the wheat king. It was turned over and over, forward and back, and refurbished and made to do duty again and again, after the fashion of rustic jokes. This one had the additional advantage of lining the pockets of the perpetrators. They egged one another on to fresh inventions and variations, until even the children, not to be left out, began to have exploits ...

— Hillsboro People • Dorothy Canfield

... industry and perseverance of the Yarmouth men than the harbour. They have scoured the sea for a thousand years to fill their nets with its spoil, and made their trade of world-wide fame, but their port speaks louder in their praise. Again and again has the fickle sea played havoc with their harbour, silting it up with sand and deserting the town as if in revenge for the harvest they reap from her. They have had to cut out no less than seven harbours in the course ...

— Vanishing England • P. H. Ditchfield

... a great school for the learning of lessons. It has many grades, many classes, many scales of progress. And the lessons must be learned whether we will or no. If we refuse or neglect to learn the lesson we are sent back to accomplish the task, again and again, until the lesson is finally learned. Nothing once learned is ever forgotten entirely. There is an indelible imprint of the lesson in our character, which manifests as predispositions, tastes, inclinations, etc. All that ...

— A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka

... they reached it there was a stubbornly contested fight. Both sides claimed the victory, and both lost several men. Here again Antelope was signally favored by the gods of war. He counted many coups or blows, and exhibited his bravery again and again in the charges, but he received ...

— Old Indian Days • [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

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