Word Meanings - AGAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,

Additional info about word: AGAIN

again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. Bacon. 5. On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman." Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. Hersche Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. -- Now and again, now and then; occasionally. -- To and again, to and fro. De Foe. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AGAIN)

• Afresh
• Anew
• again
• frequently
• repeatedly
• intermittently
• afresh
• Repeatedly
• Frequently again and again
• often
• Resume
• Recommence
• renew
• return
• begin again

Related words: (words related to AGAIN)

• REPEATEDLY
  More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• AFRESH
  Anew; again; once more; newly. They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6.
• BEGIN
  beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. sq. root31. See Gin to 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God
• AGAIN
  again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
• OFTENNESS
  Frequency. Hooker.
• INTERMITTENTLY
  With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
• RENEW
  To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
• RETURNER
  One who returns.
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• AGAIN; AGAINS
  Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
• BEGINNING
  1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. In the beginning God created the heaven
• OFTEN
  Frequently; many times; not seldom.
• RENEWABLE
  Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.
• RETURN
  1. To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse. Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye. Spenser. 2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money. 3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite. The Lord
• RECOMMENCE
  1. To commence or begin again. Howell. 2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. Johnson.
• AGAINWARD
  Back again.
• RENEWER
  One who, or that which, renews.
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• PRESUMEDLY
  By presumption.
• UNOFTEN
  Not often.
• PRESUME
  1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true,
• INFREQUENTLY
  Not frequently; rarely.