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单词 againwards
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againwardsprep.adv.

Brit. /əˈɡɛnwədz/, /əˈɡeɪnwədz/, U.S. /əˈɡɛnwərdz/
Forms: see again adv., prep., and conj. and -wards suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: again adv., -wards suffix.
Etymology: < again adv. + -wards suffix.With use as adverb compare againward adv., and discussion at -ward suffix, -wards suffix.
A. prep.
In a direction facing, towards. Obsolete.Only in Old English. Also used postpositively.
ΚΠ
OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 74 Ic ne mæg me þe geswutelian and ongeanweardes þe gewenden, forþon ic eom..lichamlicum wæfelsum bereafod.
OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 110 Zosimus..teoligende his cneowu to bigenne hire ongeanweardes.
B. adv.
1. = againward adv. (in various senses). Obsolete (archaic in later use).Apparently unattested between the 15th and 19th centuries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in the opposite direction
againOE
againwardlOE
againwardslOE
counterc1446
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa
againwardslOE
againward1340
econtrary1512
arsy-versy1542
econverse1547
e contra1548
contrariwise1570
contrair1596
e contrario1599
vice versa1601
backward1607
conversively1607
contrarily1656
convertibly1692
the other way1692
reversely1726
conversely1806
vicey-versey1858
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 Sumne æfen wæs gesæwen swilce se beam ongeanweardes wið þes steorran ward fyrcliende wære.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. ciii. 1253 Whanne þe norþeren wynd bloweþ he stoppeþ þe norþ entrynge wiþ here rowȝ tailles and leten stonde open þe souþ entrynge, and aȝeinwardes [L. et e conuerso].
c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 23 (MED) Now ere we broghte fra reches into pouerte..and agaynwardez.
1497 P. Butler Let. 7 Sept. in J. Graves & A. Prim Hist. Cathedral Church St. Canice (1857) ii. ii. 194 I, otherwhiles remembering his said othe and thretenyng and agaynewards his disobedience to the kyngs said l[ett]res and commaundments.
1893 G. B. Shaw in World 22 Feb. 24/2 Mr Henschel would probably pay my Philharmonic fees, Signor Lago my Covent Garden fees, and againwards (which in modern English is vice versa).
2. English regional (Yorkshire). In a direction to or towards a person or place. Cf. towards adv. 4a. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place
uponc1475
up1513
down along1525
towards1590
on1804
downlong1863
againwards1876
to1889
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ageeanwards, towards. ‘It flew ageeanwards o' me’, to the place where I was standing.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 2/1 Ageeanwards, towards.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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