Definition of back

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Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..

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Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet..
Retransform :: Retransform (v. t.) To transform anew or back.
Abhor :: Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with.
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Knitback :: Knitback (n.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.
Nucha :: Nucha (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound..
Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
Vex :: Vex (v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder..
Retoss :: Retoss (v. t.) To toss back or again.
Reconcile :: Reconcile (v. t.) To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled..
Oquassa :: Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout..
Tragopan :: Tragopan (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse..
Horse :: Horse (v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts..
Sheepback :: Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
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