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/əgˈɛn ənd əgˈɛn/ Listen

adverb

Again adv.

In return, back; as, bring us word again.

Another time; once more; anew. "If a man die, shall he live again?"

Once repeated; of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

In any other place. (Archaic)

On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign... the other again is my kinsman."

Moreover; besides; further. "Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc."

Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.

Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

To and again, to and fro. (Obs.) 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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"Again and again" Quotes from Famous Books

... single blunder may turn what I hope will be a farce into a tragedy? Go home!—pooh! pooh! why, man, I have not seen my wife, nor put my house to rights, and if you do but listen to me I tell you again and again that not a hair of ...

— The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... sight of the wall stretched across the valley, he rubbed his eyes, and looked at it again and again, scarcely able to credit his senses. He was sure it was not there a few hours before, and he could not comprehend what it could mean; but it was a verity, and his experience told him that it could be the work of no one except the Indians, who ...

— The Huge Hunter - Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies • Edward S. Ellis

... other work to do, I left it. If there is anything wrong in being the agent in such matters—not the principal, mind you—I'm sure the business, to a beginner like I was, at all events, carries its own punishment along with it. I wished again and again that the people would only blow me up, or pitch into me—that I wouldn't have minded, it's all in my way; but it's the being shut up by yourself in one room for five days, without so much as an old newspaper ...

— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens

... was the outpouring of the devotion of all her soul, and these hands were ready to deal death to herself to rescue him from evil. She twined her arms around his neck, and gazed at him as though her longing eyes would devour every lineament of his features. Again and again she pressed her lips to his, as though she would thus force upon him life and health and strength. But the sick man lay unconscious in her arms, all unheeding that full tide of passionate love which was surging ...

— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille

... between the gods and the Comet. It can have, of course, but one termination; but it will recur again and again in the legends of different nations. It was necessary that the gods, the protectors of mankind, should struggle to defend them against these strange and terrible ...

— Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel • Ignatius Donnelly

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