A-gain', adv.
(a-gĕn') (Synop., § 130), adv. [O. Eng. agen, A-S. āgen, ongen, ongean, ongegn, again, gēn, geon, geōn, gegn, gāgn, against, O. H. Ger. gagan, gegen, gegen, gein, Ger. gegen, gen; dagegen; Sw. igen, Dan. igien.]
Sense 1. Another time; once more. “Ready again to take the field.” Prescott.
Sense 2. In return; back; as, bring us word again.
Again and again, often; with frequent repetition.—To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] D’Eres.—In old writers, again is sometimes use for against. “A candle again you rise.” Massinger.