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Agen
adv, name, prep
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Obsolete spelling of again. alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
"1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night O, how I long to be agen That poor and independent man, With labour's lot from morn to night And books to read at candle light;"
Proper Noun
- 1 A commune, the capital of Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Preposition
- 1 Alternative spelling of again: against. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
"Mrs Dibble was resentful and peevish at having been trounced into employing old Peter. "You ought to pay that yourself, having took him on agen my wishes.""
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of again.
Etymology 2
Variant of again.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French Agen.
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