Three days agone I fell sick.
1 Sam. xxx. 13.
A"gone (&?;), n. [See Agonic.] Agonic line.
A*gon"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; without angles; 'a priv. + &?; an angle.] Not forming an angle.
Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.
Ag"o*nism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to contend for a prize, fr. &?;. See Agon.] Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] Blount.
Ag"o*nist (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]
{ Ag`o*nis"tic (&?;), Ag`o*nis"tic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;. See Agonism.] Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays.
De Quincey.
Ag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. In an agonistic manner.
Ag`o*nis"tics (&?;), n. The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
Ag"o*nize (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agonized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Agonizing (&?;).] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. &?;. See Agony.] 1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To smart and agonize at every pore.
Pope.