v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
v. i.
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
v. i.
To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
v. i.
To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
v. i.
To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
v. i.
To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
v. i.
To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step 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.
adv.
To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
adv.
(Of time) In times past; ago.
adv.
Away from contact; by reverse movement.
adv.
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.
adv.
In a state of restraint or hindrance.
adv.
In return, repayment, or requital.
adv.
In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.
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In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.