thereagain

See also: there again

English

Etymology

From Middle English theragayn, theragen, therongæn.

Adverb

thereagain (not comparable)

(obsolete) In opposition to it; against one's course.
- 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^[God] 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.

Synonyms

thereagainst

Derived terms

there again

(about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
(abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
(after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
(again): thereagain
(against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
(among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
(amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
(around): therearound, wherearound
(as): thereas, whereas
(at): hereat, thereat, whereat
(before): herebefore, therebefore
(beside): therebeside
(between): therebetween, wherebetween
(by): hereby, thereby, whereby
(for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
(fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
(from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
(hence): herehence, therehence
(in): herein, therein, wherein
(in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
(in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
(into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
(of): hereof, thereof, whereof
(on): hereon, thereon, whereon
(out): hereout, thereout, whereout
(to): hereto, thereto, whereto
(tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
(under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
(unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
(upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
(with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
(withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thereagain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)