Definition of back

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Back (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it..

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Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed.
Notaeum :: Notaeum (n.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Dorn :: Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.
Surrebut :: Surrebound (v. i.) To give back echoes; to reecho.
Back :: Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.
Remurmur :: Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method..
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return; to come back.
Waggel :: Waggel (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.
Occipital :: Occipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone..
Back :: Back (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
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