Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In motion; in the act of going: used with set.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In motion; in the act of going.

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  • verb archaic Present participle of go.

Etymologies

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From a- +‎ going.

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Examples

  • Page 61, "agoing" changed to "a going" to conform to rest of text.

    Three People 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

  • I'll plant them thick as grass, so that even a hungry rabbit can't squeeze between them; and when they get their roots agoing, nothing in creation will ever move that dirt again.

    Chapter XXVII 2010

  • "If I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book," writes Twain, "I wouldn't a tackled it and ain't agoing to no more."

    You're never too old to start writing 2010

  • Ya think maybe just a little misdirection is what agoing on.

    Latest McCain Campaign Claim: Talking About Job Losses Is Exploiting Workers 2009

  • I just made something which fits the "thrifty" category which I am agoing to blog about because so many people asked me for the recipe.

    Something Out of Nothing: A One Time Event Lindy 2006

  • ‘Emmeline wants to know, please, if the gentleman that come to see ‘ee will stay to tea; because, if so, she’s agoing to put in another spoonful for him and a bit of best green.’

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • But when your Honner sets me agoing by your fine invenshon, I can do well enuff.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Why are members of Parliament asked to be directors, and vice-governors, and presidents, and guardians, of all the joint-stock societies that are now set agoing?

    The Three Clerks 2004

  • These clocks got him into trouble among the Banyai: he set them all agoing in the presence of a chief, who became frightened at the strange sounds they made, and looked upon them as so many witchcraft agencies at work to bring all manner of evils upon himself and his people.

    A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

  • He was a large, heavy, consequential man, always very busy, as though aware of being one of the most important wheels that kept the Irish clock agoing; but he was honest, kind-hearted in the main, true as steel to his employers, and good-humoured — as long as he was allowed to have his own way.

    Castle Richmond 2004

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