Meanings
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1
adv
a dialect spelling of again
He said he would try the difficult crossing agin at dawn.
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2
prep
a dialect spelling of against, meaning opposed to or in contact with
The old farmer declared that he was agin the proposed law.
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Etymology
A Scots and regional English form of again and against. The two modern standard words were historically related, which helps explain why the same dialect spelling can represent either meaning.