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thereagain

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In opposition to it; against one's course.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 1870, D. Laing Purves (editor), The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene, with Other Poems of Chaucer and Spenser, page 85, Withoutë him we have no might, certain, / If that him list to standë thereagain.
  • c. 1400-1425, Anonymous, The Brome play of Abraham and Isaac, Editor and edition date (post 1970) not identified, W. W. Norton, page 9, A, Lord, my heart riseth thereagain: / I find it not in my heart to smite.

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History

Etymology

From Middle English theragayn, theragen, therongæn.