thereagain

See also: there again

English

Etymology

From Middle English theragayn, theragen, therongæn.

Adverb

thereagain (not comparable)

1. (archaic) 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

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (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

 

References

• “thereagain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.