agean

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   dialectal pronunciation spelling of again

   You may not find those books agean.

2. 2
   prep

   dialectal pronunciation spelling of against

   He set his chair agean the wall.

A literary dialect spelling representing regional pronunciations of again and against. The two standard words are historically related through Old English ongean, which covered senses such as opposite, against, and back again.

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