adv 1. another time or once more ○ We’d love to come to see you again. ○ He had to take his driving test again. □ again and again several times ○ The police officer asked the same question again and again. □ now and again sometimes ○ Now and again I get a pain in my right elbow. 2. back as you were before ○ Although I like going on holiday, I’m always glad to be home again.
a•gain´
( 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, ongeán, against, again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
1. In return, back; as bring us word again.
2. Another time; once more; anew. “If a man die, shall he live again?
Job xiv. 14.”
3. Once repeated; — of quantity; as as large again, half as much again.
4. In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.
5. On the other hand. ´The one is my sovereign … the other again is my kinsman.´ Shak.
6. Moreover; besides; further. “Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
Hersche.” Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. — Now and again, now and then; occasionally. — To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe. Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again- bring, to bring back, etc. { A•gain´ , A•gains´ } prep. Against; also towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] “Albeit that it is again his kind.
Chaucer.”
1. In return, back; as bring us word again.
2. Another time; once more; anew. “If a man die, shall he live again?
Job xiv. 14.”
3. Once repeated; — of quantity; as as large again, half as much again.
4. In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.
5. On the other hand. ´The one is my sovereign … the other again is my kinsman.´ Shak.
6. Moreover; besides; further. “Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
Hersche.” Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. — Now and again, now and then; occasionally. — To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe. Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again- bring, to bring back, etc. { A•gain´ , A•gains´ } prep. Against; also towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] “Albeit that it is again his kind.
Chaucer.”
"Stick with me, and you'll never go hungry again," Scar promised.
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
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