agen

See also: agĕṅ and -agen

English

Etymology

Variant of again.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: əgĕn

Adverb

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

agen

  1. Obsolete spelling of again

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɛn/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gèn

Noun

agèn (plural agen-agen, first-person possessive agenku, second-person possessive agenmu, third-person possessive agennya)

  1. agent:
    1. (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; 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

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

Derived terms

  • keagenan
  • mengageni
  • agen aerasi
  • agen anabolik
  • agen asuransi
  • agen bebas
  • agen buku
  • agen elektronik
  • agen federal
  • agen ganda
  • agen kargo
  • agen kemoterapi
  • agen klaim
  • agen muatan
  • agen mutagen
  • agen pabrik
  • agen pelawatan
  • agen pemain
  • agen pembaruan
  • agen pembasah
  • agen pembayar
  • agen pembayaran pembantu
  • agen pembelian
  • agen pemoliploid
  • agen pengarang
  • agen pengelat
  • agen pengemulsi
  • agen pengguna
  • agen penjamin
  • agen penjualan
  • agen penyalur
  • agen perawat
  • agen perjalanan
  • agen polisi
  • agen properti
  • agen publisitas
  • agen rahasia
  • agen resmi
  • agen siasat
  • agen sitotastik
  • agen tunggal
  • agen tunggal pemegang merek
  • agen utama pembayaran
  • agen wol

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

agen

  1. Alternative form of awen

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdʒən/

Verb

agen

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

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition

aġēn

  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

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

aġēn

  1. again, eft, back
Derived terms
  • aġēnbewendan (to return)
  • aġēncuman (to come back)
  • aġēnġecyrran (to turn again, recur)
  • aġēnġehweorfan (to change again, return)
  • agēnhwyrfan (to turn again, return (agen-whirl))
  • aġēniernan (to run against, meet)
  • aġēnlǣdan (to lead back)
  • aġēnsendan (to send back)
  • aġēnstandan (to stand against, urge, insist upon)
  • aġēnyrnan (to run into, meet with, meet)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡen/, [ˈɑː.ɣen]

Adjective

āgen

  1. own
    Godes āgen bearn.God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
  • Note that а̄gen is almost always declined strong.
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Scots

    Adverb

    agen (not comparable)

    1. Alternative form of again

    References

    Spanish

    Verb

    agen

    1. third-person plural present indicative of agir

    Swedish

    Noun

    agen

    1. definite singular of ag.

    Anagrams

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