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agayn

agayn is the obsolete spelling of again.

Meaning of again

Adverb

again (not comparable)

  1. Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
    • I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.
  2. Back (to a former place or state).
    • We need to bring the old customs to life again.
  3. Over and above a factor of one.
    • This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.
  4. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
    • Great, thanks again!
    1. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
      • What's that called again?
    2. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
      • Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.

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Questions about agayn

What is agayn the obsolete spelling of?
Agayn is the obsolete spelling of again.

Words near agayn in the dictionary

  1. agavoside
  2. Agavva
  3. Agaw
  4. Agawam
  5. agawan base
  6. agayn
  7. agaynest
  8. agaynst
  9. Agaz
  10. agaze
  11. agazed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agayn (page history and authors); again (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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