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adverb Back adv. 1.In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. 2.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. 3.To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. 4.(Of time) In times past; ago. "Sixty or seventy years back." 5.Away from contact; by reverse movement. "The angel of the Lord... came, and rolled back the stone from the door." 6.In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. 7.In a state of restraint or hindrance. "The Lord hath kept thee back from honor." 8.In return, repayment, or requital. "What have I to give you back?" 9.In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words. 10.In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. (Colloq.) Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro. To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. (Colloq.)
verb Forth v. 1.Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. "Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth." "From this time forth, I never will speak word." "I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more." 2.Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. "When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun." 3.Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. "I have no mind of feasting forth to-night." 4.Throughly; from beginning to end. (Obs.) And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. (Obs.) To bring forth. See under Bring.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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