† here-againadv.
Obsolete.
= here-against adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary
thereagaina1023
here-againc1200
here-againsta1250
contra1362
againwardc1384
otherwisea1393
on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393
thereagainsta1400
in the contrairc1400
in opposite?a1425
e conversoc1425
contrariwise1480
again?1531
contrarilyc1540
contrary1549
per contra1554
contrariways1588
contradistinctly1623
by or to the contrair1640
counter1662
oppositely1681
on the reverse1753
e contra1815
obversely1869
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [adverb]
here-againc1200
here-againsta1250
contrastively1816
contrastingly1833
contrastedly1836
c1200 Vices & Virtues 105 Hier aȝean sæde ðe profiete [etc.].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 798 Her egain [v.rr. here agayne, aȝeyn] mai naman sai.
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Harl.) 2181 And here agayn no creature..avayleþ for to stryue.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 109 If kynde witt carpe her-aȝen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17034 And es naman..þat agh sai her again.
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