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As an adverb again

is (label) back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.

As a preposition again

is (obsolete or dialectal) against.

As an initialism try is

again

English

(wikipedia again)

Alternative forms

* againe, agayne, ageyne (obsolete); agin (colloquial or humorous)

Adverb

(-)

(label) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.

* 1526 , The Bible , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) 2:

And after they were warned in ther slepe, that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod, they retourned into ther awne countre another way.

Back (to a former place or state).

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), chapter=19

, title= The China Governess , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}

(label) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.

* :

but Merlyn warned the kynge couertly that gweneuer was not holsome for hym to take to wyf / for he warned hym that launcelot shold loue her and she hym ageyne

* , II.31:

So women are never angrie, but to the end a man should againe be angrie with them, therein imitating the lawes of Love.

* , I.2.4.vii:

Thus men are plagued with women, they again with men, when they are of diverse humours and conditions.

* 1852–3 , (Charles Dickens), (Bleak House)

As he lies in the light before a glaring white target, the black upon him shines again .

Another time; once more.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again';
* , chapter=1
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
* 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:

He tangled in tree-tops again' and ' again / And barely missed hitting a tri-motored plane.

* 1979 , Charles Edward Daniels et al., “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (song), Million Mile Reflections , Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records:

Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again / I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I’m the best that’s ever been.”

* 2010 , Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian , 30 October:

The last sentence is so shocking, I have to read it again .

Over and above a factor of one.

* 1908 December 10, , “New Genera and Species of Crinoids”, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , Volume XXI, pp.229–230:

Cirri l-lxxx, 15, about 12mm. long; first two joints short, about twice as broad as long; third about one-third again' [=one and one-third times] as long as broad; fourth and fifth the longest, about half ' again [=one and a half times] as long as broad;.

# Tell me again, say again;

# I ask again, I say again;

# Here too, here also, in this case as well;

#*

A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again , the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

(label) In any other place.

(Francis Bacon)

(label) On the other hand.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564–1616)

The one is my sovereignthe other again is my kinsman.

Moreover; besides; further.

* (rfdate) Hersche

Again , it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.

Derived terms

* again and again * again-coming * once again

Preposition

(English prepositions)
(obsolete or dialectal) Against.

* 1485 , Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book X:

And here begynneth the treson of Kynge Marke that he ordayned agayne Sir Trystram.

* 1924 , J H Wilkinson, Leeds Dialect Glossary and Lore , page 60

Ah'd like to wahrn (warn) thi agaan 'evvin owt to dew wi' that chap.

* 2003 , Glasgow Sunday Herald, page 16, column 2:

You may think you are all on the same side, agin the government.

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Usage notes

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try
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Replaced native (etyl) (from (etyl) (m)).
Verb
(en-verb)
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

* , chapter=22
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
(label) To divide; to separate.

# To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.

#* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vii:

euery feend his busie paines applide, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tride .

# (label) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out .

To test, to work out.

# To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.

# To put to test.

#*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
#* 1922 , , Miss Mapp , :

“So mousie shall only find tins on the floor now,” thought Miss Mapp. “Mousie shall try his teeth on tins.”

#* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
, title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
# To taste, sample, etc.

# To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Let the end try the man.

# To put on trial.

#* 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I

The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

To experiment, to strive.

# To have or gain knowledge of by experience.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold.

(Milton)

# To work on something.

# (label) To do; to fare.

# To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried .

(label) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

Usage notes
* (to attempt) This is a catenative verb that takes the to'' infinitive. In the future tense, it can take ''and'' instead of ''to . *: * (to make an experiment) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * See
Synonyms
* (to attempt) attempt, mint, take a run at, take a stab at * sample, taste
Derived terms
* try-hard * try-miter square * try-off * try on * try-on * try out * try-out * try-outs * try square/try-square * try your luck * trying * try one's hand
Related terms
* trial * tried and tested * tried and true * trier
Noun
(tries)
An attempt.

I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it .

An act of tasting or sampling.

I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it .

(rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

Today I scored my first try .

* {{quote-news
, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through.}}
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

(Holland)

(American football) a field goal or extra point

Synonyms
* (an attempt) bash, go, stab, whirl * (an act of tasting or sampling) sampling, taste, tasting * (a score in rugby) touchdown (American football )
Derived terms
* give a try * old college try * penalty try * worth a try
Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .
Adjective
(en adjective)
(obsolete) Fine, excellent.

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.2:

But he her suppliant hands, those hands of gold, / And eke her feete, those feete of silver trye , […] Chopt off […].

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