adv. Obs. [ABACK + -WARD.] The earlier form of BACKWARD.

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1205.  Layamon, 20086. Arthur thehte hine a bacward.

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c. 1374.  Chaucer, Boethius, 108. Orpheus loked[e] abakwarde on Erudice his wijf and lost[e] hir and was deed.

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