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