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Definition of Backbit
1. backbite [v] - See also: backbite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backbit
Literary usage of Backbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"[bachelor. Bach'-e-Iur-ship, я. stale of a Back, n. the hinder part. Back, ado.
backward. Back, vt to mount, support. Back'-blte, vtp backbit ; pp. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"... ad. backward, behind, on things past Back, vt to mount, second, support, put
back. Back'bite, vt backbit ; pret. ..."
3. Dictionary of the English and French Languages for General Use with the by William James (1847)
"... backbit baked, backed basted bore, hare bore, hare beat, bate, bet became it
befell, betel begat began, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"'Lo ye, now, here standeth Misfortune backbit by Envy. But stand thou forth,
blind Envy, and vent thine own lie.' And blind Hans behoved to stand forth, ..."
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