D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Again

/əgĕn/ · A·gain · IPA /əˈɡɛn/
01 adv. In return, back; as, bring us word again.
  1. 1.
    In return, back; as, bring us word again.
  2. 2.
    Another time; once more; anew.
    “If a man die, shall he live again?” — Job xiv. 14.
  3. 3.
    Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
  4. 4.
    In any other place.[Archaic]
  5. 5.
    On the other hand.
  6. 6.
    Moreover; besides; further.
    Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.” — Herschel.
Phrases & compounds
Again and again — more than once; often; repeatedly.
Now and again — now and then; occasionally.
To and again — to and fro.
02 prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
  1. 1.
    Against; also, towards (in order to meet).[Obs.]
    “Albeit that it is again his kind.” Chaucer.