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Backward
Backward Back"ward, v. i.
To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]
Backward
Backward Back"ward, Backwards Back"wards, adv. [Back, adv. +
-ward.]
1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride
backward.
2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms
backward.
3. On the back, or with the back downward.
Thou wilt fall backward. --Shak.
4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
Some reigns backward. --Locke.
5. By way of reflection; reflexively. --Sir J. Davies.
6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame,
from religion to sin.
The work went backward. --Dryden.
7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction;
contrarily; as, to read backwards.
We might have . . . beat them backward home. --Shak.
Backward
Backward Back"ward, n.
The state behind or past. [Obs.]
In the dark backward and abysm of time. --Shak.
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