Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An old form of
again .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Again; back against.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Again ; backagainst . - preposition
Again ; backagainst .
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Examples
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And thenne ynto the schyp ayen, and by syde the havene of Tyre, and come nouzt to lande; and so passeth he by alle the havens of that coast, until he come to Jaffe, that ys the neyest haven unto Jerusalem: for it is seven and twenty myle.
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Venys and to Geen, or to som other havene of the marches, and taketh a schyppe thare, and gon by see to the Isle of Gryffle; and so aryveth hem yn Grece or in Port Myroche or Valon or Duras, or at som other havene, and gon to londe, for to reste hem; and gon ayen to the see, and aryves in Cypre; and cometh nouzt yn the Ile of
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Venys and to Geen, or to som other havene of the marches, and taketh a schyppe thare, and gon by see to the Isle of Gryffle; and so aryveth hem yn Grece or in Port Myroche or Valon or Duras, or at som other havene, and gon to londe, for to reste hem; and gon ayen to the see, and aryves in Cypre; and cometh nouzt yn the Ile of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And thenne ynto the schyp ayen, and by syde the havene of Tyre, and come nouzt to lande; and so passeth he by alle the havens of that coast, until he come to Jaffe, that ys the neyest haven unto Jerusalem: for it is seven and twenty myle.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Now the remaining houses of Khu-ayen were the homes of the fishers -- its ruins the habitation of criminals and refugees.
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller
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And yf he may not. but is in wyll to synne ayen & to haue his delectacion [with] dede/& wyll not flee the occasyons of mortall synnes & so drowned wyl not aryse. as vsurers. fals marchaûts or
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson
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Interested ecclesiastics fostered this feeling, {149a} which also fell in with the “Ora pro nobis” yearning of their own breasts, when suffering from what an old writer has called “the ayen-bite of Inwyt,” {149b} or, in modern parlance, “remorse of conscience.”
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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¶ For to here so grete co {m} pleyntes ayen the layd
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Yf you wolde excytt thys berere to be moore hartye ayen the abuse of ymagry or mor forwarde to promotte the veryte, ytt myght doo goode.
The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882
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Awr gilden Gods ar brought ayen intea awr kirks ilkwhare,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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