thereagain

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adverb

In opposition to it; against one's course.

“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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thereagainst
OriginMiddle English theragayn →
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Meanings

adverbthereagain (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableIn opposition to it; against one's course.

    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.

    1 more example

    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.

    Synonyms: thereagainst

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn opposition to it; against one's course.

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thereagainst

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtheragayn
  2. Englishthereagain

From Middle English theragayn, theragen, therongæn.

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