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Definition of Agoing
1. adv. In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Definition of Agoing
1. Verb. (archaic) (present participle of go) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) (present participle of ago) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agoing
1. in motion [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agoing
Literary usage of Agoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"... that there are small wheels which in due time set the great wheel agoing.
You will understand perfectly what I mean. The acquaintance of the Justice ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"agoing. From gate or дай, away. L. Thnt old dismantled garrison. Then raise the
siege from falling on Thy spring m such an aftermath ! ..."
3. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"... I guess it's a time for me to be agoing," and I stept along towards the door ;
but says he : "Stop, Mister, I believe you haven't paid me for the cider. ..."
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