again

again
again [ə gen′; ] also, esp. Cdn & Brit [, əgān′]
adv.
[ME agen, ayein < OE ongegn, ongean < on-, up to, toward + gegn, direct: orig. separable prefix meaning “directly up to,” hence, “facing, opposite”]
1. Rare back in response; in return [answer again]
2. back into a former position or condition [he is well again]
3. once more; anew [try again]
4. besides; further [again, we should note]
5. on the other hand; from the contrary standpoint [he may, and then again he may not]
6. Obs. in the opposite direction; back
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again and again
often; repeatedly
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as much again
twice as much

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