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to and again
9. to and again.
a. To a place and back again; alternately in opposite directions; backwards and forwards: = to and fro adv. 1. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > to and fro [phrase]
hither and thitherc725
downa1200
to and fro1340
to and again1612
back and forward1613
sourse deorse1616
backward and forwarda1711
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > back and forth
to and fro1340
to and again1612
back and forward1613
backward and forwarda1711
1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 163 I spie two Shippes yonder, that yaw too and agen.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 5 The Coxswaine is to haue a choyce to attend the Skiffe to go to and againe as occasion commandeth.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 6 A ship..hath sailed to and againe ouer the maine Ocean.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 86 The wind shifted too and againe very vncertainely.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 7 Wee plyed to and againe the Spanish shore.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 15 July (1972) VI. 158 Stayed an hour, after crossing the water to and again.
1697 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church They all sat down not at a table but to and again about the room as we are now sitting.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant ii. 3 A white Plume of Peacocks Feathers..which they wafted to and agen to drive off the Flies.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 271 Amaz'd, when he saw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 40 He walk'd along the Shore, to and again, with his Father.
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 252 Walking..to and again.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) To and again, backwards and forwards.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire To an' agen, to and fro.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) To, Forward, in the phr. ‘to and again’.
figurative.1736 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. 240 Such as had shifted their religion to and again.
b. For and against a question: = to and fro adv. 3. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb]
pro et con1566
con and pro1572
pro and con1572
pro or con1595
to and again1656
1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 3 All parties have been heard, too and again, in this last case.
1666 J. Livingstone in Sel. Biog. (1845) I. 181 Much debate too and again had been used.
c. Again and again, repeatedly. Obsolete.
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the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly
day and nightOE
morning, noon, and nightc1325
new and newa1425
time after time?a1425
over and overa1470
toties quoties1525
again and again1533
reiteratively1619
over and over again1637
repeatedlya1647
times without number1658
to and again1659
—— in, —— out1815
time and time again1821
day in (and) day out1824
recurringly1828
repetitiously1828
recurrently1841
repetitively1872
ever and again1880
recursively1901
twenty-four hours a day1914
serially1978
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 379 Your Committee too and again offered it as an expedient.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 13 Aug. (1972) VII. 244 Sent him to and again to get me 1000l.
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