Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An old spelling of
again , still occasionally used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete See
again .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Obsolete spelling of
again . - preposition Obsolete spelling of
again .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There isn't the man as is livin 'as I'd let say a word agen her.
The Dog's Book of Verse Various
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Well, she's my mother; and I won't utter a word agen her.
O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Because you know, guv'nor nobody'll believe my word agen Squire Greyle's.
Scarhaven Keep 1899
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No '' at I'm daurin 'or wad daur to say a word agen the w'y' at the warl's goverrnt, but there's some things 'at naebody can un'erstan' -- I defy them!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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'Gin ony man-body says a word agen yer mither, ye maun jist knock him doon upo 'the spot.'
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"I wouldn't ha 'said a word agen her if she'd insisted upon the fine young gentleman paying for his frolic a trying to fool you -- which he didn't do an' you may thank yourself for your sperrit Miss Lavvy -- that was only what a mother ought to do, but to sell her own child to make money out of her own flesh an 'blood -- well I up an' told her to her face what I thought of her."
Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Charles Edward Pearce
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'im -- no clarss like, -- but' e wouldn't 'ear a word agen' er.
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"My Tom han't ever said a word agen 'you, and the odds are he'll say nothing now.
Shining Ferry Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I'll tak 'a dog's word agen thine ony day, owd lad,' said Moses.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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An 'it's no for me to say ae word agen you, Maister Sutherlan', gin ye had been a hantle waur nor a young thochtless lad cudna weel help bein '.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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