From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. Another time; once more; anew.
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If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14.
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3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as
much again.
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4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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5. On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign . . . the
other again is my kinsman." --Shak.
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6. 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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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
again and again
adv 1: repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over
again in the text" [syn: {over and over}, {again and
again}, {over and over again}, {time and again}, {time
and time again}]
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