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agen

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See also: Agen, agĕṅ, and -agen

English

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Etymology

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Variant of again.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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agen (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of again.
    • 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night
      O, how I long to be agen
      That poor and independent man,
      With labour's lot from morn to night
      And books to read at candle light;

Preposition

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agen

  1. Obsolete spelling of again.

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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agèn (plural agen-agen)

  1. agent:
    1. (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from them; someone entrusted to do the business of another.
      Synonyms: dalal, penghubung, perantara, wakil jual, bandar, pengedar, pemasok, penyalur
    2. someone who works for an intelligence agency.
    3. (biology, chemistry) an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
      Synonyms: bahan, penyebab
    4. (drama) a person who looks for work for another person.

Alternative forms

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  • (biological, chemical): agén (Standard Malay)
  • (person): éjén (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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agen

  1. Alternative form of awen

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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agen

  1. (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • English: age
  • Scots: age
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Old English

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Etymology 1

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Variant of Old English ongēan (again, eft, back).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition

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aġēn

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  1. against, contra
    Se þe nis aġēn ēow, se is for ēow.
    Who is not against you, is for you.
    Þīn brōðor hæfþ ǣnig þing aġēn þē.
    Thy brother hath ought against thee.

Adverb

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aġēn

  1. again, anew
    Þe þē slihþ on þīn gewenge, wend ōðer aġēn.
    Who strikes thee on thine cheek, offer also the other.
    Þā wende hē on scype aġēn.
    Then he went into the ship again.

Prefix

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aġēn

  1. again, eft, back
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of āgan. Corresponding to Old Dutch eigan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡen/, [ˈɑː.ɣen]

Adjective

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āgen

  1. own
    • Godes āgen bearn.God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On Auguries"
      Þas twa gesceafta habbað gesceadwisnysse and ælc man hæfð agenne freodom...
      These two creations possess reason, and every man hath his own freedom...
Declension
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  • Note that а̄gen is almost always declined strong.
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Noun

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agen n (nominative plural āgen)

  1. property, house
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
      se fæder and seo modor mid mycelre blysse gelæhton hyre lic and gelæddon to heora agenum,...
      Her father and her mother, with great joy, took her body, and brought it to their own house,...

Scots

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Adverb

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agen (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of again

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Spanish

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Verb

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agen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of agir

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English again.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɡeŋ/, /aˈɡen/, [a̠ˈɟɪ̞ŋ], [ɑ̟ˈje̝ŋ]

Adverb

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agen

  1. again

Swedish

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Noun

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agen

  1. definite singular of ag

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From gagen (cleft, slit)

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Noun

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agen f (plural agennau)

  1. cleft, fissure, gap
  2. slit, slot

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of agen
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
agen unchanged unchanged hagen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “agen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies