Thesaurus: again

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1. adv. In word/return">return, word/back">back; as, bring us word again.
2. adv. Another time; once more; anew.
3. adv. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
4. adv. In any other place.
5. adv. On the other hand.
6. adv. Moreover; besides; further.
7. prep. Alt. of Agains
8. 1. In word/return">return, word/back">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. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
9. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.