Agen

adv, name, prep

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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. 1
    A commune, the capital of Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Preposition
  1. 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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