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.
A*gain"buy` (&?;), v. t. To redeem. [Obs.] Wyclif.
A*gain"say` (&?;), v. t. To gainsay. [Obs.] Wyclif.
A*gainst" (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS. ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See Again.] 1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
Jacob saw the angels of God come against him.
Tyndale.
2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
The gate would have been shut against her.
Fielding.
An argument against the use of steam.
Tyndale.
4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]
Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus.
2 Kings xvi. 11.
Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.