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Thompson Chain Reference
• Looking Backward
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Back, Backside, Backward
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• Backwardness
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• ܒ݁ܶܣܬ݁ܪܳܐ
• ὀπίσω , τοὐπισω
• אָחוֹר
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(1):

(a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

(2):

(adv.) Alt. of Backwards

(3):

(a.) Already past or gone; bygone.

(4):

(n.) The state behind or past.

(5):

(v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

(6):

(a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

(7):

(a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.

(8):

(a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

(9):

(a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.