Part 243

<hw>A*gain"buy`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To redeem.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Againsay</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*gain"say`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To gainsay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Against</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*gainst"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>agens</ets>, <ets>ageynes</ets>, AS. <ets>ongegn</ets>. The <ets>s</ets> is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See <er>Again</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; <as>as, <ex>against</ex> the mouth of a river</as>; -- in this sense often preceded by <i>over</i>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Jacob saw the angels of God come <b>against</b> him. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; <as>as, hail beats <ex>against</ex> the roof</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; <as>as, <ex>against</ex> reason; <ex>against</ex> law; to run a race <ex>against</ex> time.</as></def>

<blockquote>The gate would have been shut <b>against</b> her. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An argument <b>against</b> the use of steam. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.</def> <mark>[Archaic or <i>Dial</i>.]</mark>

<blockquote>Urijah the priest made it, <b>against</b> King Ahaz came from Damascus. <i>2 Kings xvi. 11.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Against the sun</col>, <cd>in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.</cd></cs>

<h1>Againstand</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*gain"stand`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To withstand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Againward</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*gain"ward</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Back again.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<h1>Agalactia, Agalaxy</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw><hw>Ag`a*lac"ti*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ag"a*lax`y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/, <?/, milk.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.</def>

<h1>Agalactous</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`a*lac"tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lacking milk to suckle with.</def>

<h1>Agal-agal</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A`gal-a"gal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Agar-agar</er>.</def>

<h1>Agalloch, Agallochum</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw><hw>Ag"al*loch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*gal"lo*chum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. <ets>aguru</ets>, Heb. pl. <ets>ah\'bel\'c6m</ets>.]</ety> <def>A soft, resinous wood <spn>(Aquilaria Agallocha)</spn> of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also <altname>agalwood</altname> and <altname>aloes wood</altname>. The name is also given to some other species.</def>