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• againe (obsolete)
• agayne (obsolete)
• ageyne (obsolete)
• agin (colloquial or humorous)

• (UK) /əˈɡeɪn/ X-SAMPA: /@"geIn/
• (US) /əˈɡɛn/ X-SAMPA: /@"gEn/
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  Rhymes: -sco, -eɪn

• Hyphenation: a‧gain

From Middle Inglis

,

,

, from Old English

, equivalent to {{prefix|a|gain|t2=against}}. Cognate with Dens

, Swadish

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Again (nae comparable)

1. Template:Obsolete Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point. [10th-18th c.]
   • 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

     And after they were warned in ther slepe, that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod, they retourned into ther awne countre another way.

2. Back (to a former place or state). [from 11th c.]

   We need to bring the old customs to life again.

   The South will rise again.

3. Template:Obsolete In return, as a reciprocal action; back. [13th-19th c.]
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book III:

     Merlyn warned the kynge couertly that gweneuer was not holsome for hym to take to wyf, for he warned hym that launcelot shold loue her and she hym ageyne […]

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.31:

     So women are never angrie, but to the end a man should againe be angrie with them, therein imitating the lawes of Love.

   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:

     Thus men are plagued with women, they again with men, when they are of diverse humours and conditions [...].

4. Another time; once more. [from 14th c.]
   • 1979, Charles Edward Daniels et al., “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (song), Million Mile Reflections, Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records:

     Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again.”

   • 2010, Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 30 Oct 2010:

     The last sentence is so shocking, I have to read it again.

5. Over and above a factor of one. [from 16th c.]
   • 1908 December 10, Austin H. Clark, “New Genera and Species of Crinoids”, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume XXI, pages 229-230:

     Cirri l-lxxx, 15, about 12mm. long; first two joints short, about twice as broad as long; third about one-third again [=one and one-third times] as long as broad; fourth and fifth the longest, about half again [=one and a half times] as long as broad; […]

6. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16th c.]

   Great, thanks again!

   1. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received the answer, but cannot remember it.

      What's that called, again?

   2. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.

      Again, as I said before, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.

   3. Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".

      Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.

• again and again
• again-coming
• once again

Again

1. Template:Obsolete Against.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:

     And here begynneth the treson of Kynge Marke that he ordayned agayne Sir Trystram.

• Maist common Inglis wirds afore 1923: still · just · while · #144: again · also · away · against

• agin

Old English

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• /əˈɡen/

again

1. back, in the opposite direction
2. again, anew

again

1. opposite, facing
2. against, opposed to (literally or figuratively)

again

1. in preparation for, in advance of