Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn,
onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, 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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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