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Again   /əgˈɛn/  /əgˈeɪn/   Listen
adverb
Again  adv.  
1.
In return, back; as, bring us word again.
2.
Another time; once more; anew. "If a man die, shall he live again?"
3.
Once repeated; of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
4.
In any other place. (Archaic)
5.
On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign... the other again is my kinsman."
6.
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.



preposition
Agains, Again  prep.  Against; also, towards (in order to meet). (Obs.) "Albeit that it is again his kind."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Again" Quotes from Famous Books



... currents as he should find, in the manner attempted by his father, and at starting the ground current blew favourably from the W.S.W. He, however, allowed his balloon to rise to too high an altitude, where he must have been taken aback by a contrary drift; for, on descending again through a shower of snow, he found himself no further than Ben Howth, as yet only ten miles on his long journey. Profiting by his mistake, he thenceforward, by skilful regulation, kept his balloon within due limits, and successfully ...
— The Dominion of the Air • J. M. Bacon

... nobleness, gifted with the sense of beauty. My parting from you was therefore one of the most painful in my life; and that this feeling continues our common friend is witness, for your separation from me leaves me no hope of seeing you again. Let this essay be a memorial of our friendship, which, on my side, is free from every selfish motive, and ever remains subject and ...
— The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry • Walter Horatio Pater

... philosophy. But as to their metaphysics, one might instruct oneself better therein by reading the [84] work of Christopher Stegmann the Socinian. It is not yet in print; but I saw it in my youth and it has been recently again ...
— Theodicy - Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil • G. W. Leibniz

... "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the ...
— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot

... from the table, swept his letters together, and left the room. But his face wore a deep-red flush, and, his bent brows never relaxed. The first poisonous suspicion had entered his mind, and the calm of perfect trust would never reign there again. ...
— The Baronet's Bride • May Agnes Fleming


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