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advanother time; repeated

advin addition

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Word Origin & History

late Old English agan, from earlier ongean "toward, opposite, against, in exchange for," from on "on" (see on) + -gegn "against, toward," compounded for a sense of "lined up facing, opposite," and "in the opposite direction, returning." For -gegn, cf. Old Norse gegn "straight, direct;" Danish igen "against;" Old Frisian jen, Old High German gegin, German gegen "against, toward," entgegen "against, in opposition to."

In Old English, eft was the main word for "again" (see eftsoons), but this often was strengthened by ongean, which became the principal word by 13c. Norse influence is responsible for the hard -g-. Differentiated from against 16c. in southern writers, again becoming an adverb only, and against taking over as preposition and conjunction, but again clung to all senses in northern and Scottish dialect (where against was not adopted).

Example Sentences for again

Again he recurred to his early years, and talked fondly of his wife and children.

When the soul was again led into the body, it related all that had happened to it.

"I told him high altitudes and high livin' would do any man—" Again he was silent.

You see, Uncle Paul, you are growing old and forgetful, and might lock me in again.

He shuddered as he thought how near he had been to never meeting them again on earth.

My hope is weak that I shall ever again see you, yet it is possible.

The poor devil had consumption, too, and probably he'll never see them again.

And I never dreamed of seeing her any place but New York again.

I never overdone it like that again, fur you see I'd learned something.

He described himself briefly as a lunatic, and walked on again.

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