agen

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proper noun

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

OriginFrench Agen →
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Meanings

agen1

adverbagen (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of again.

    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;

preposition
  1. alternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative spelling of again: against.

    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."

    1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 67

Agen2

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

Origin

agen · adverb, preposition

Variant of again.

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Agen · proper noun

  1. FrenchAgen
  2. EnglishAgen

Borrowed from French Agen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

agen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agen

MLA

“agen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agen.

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