How to pronounce“aback”in English
IPA/əˈbæk/
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adverb
Towards the back or rear; backwards.
“The mild, though licentious reign, of Louis the Sixteenth, threw France far aback, in her ambitious career; but it gave birth to that revolution, wherein, her warlike propensities and territorial resources were unfolded with tenfold efficacy.”
adverb
In the rear; a distance behind.
“There are so many canes upon Reliance that the labourers could not cut those aback, as they prefer cutting those in front. The cane fields aback were in cultivation last year.”
noun
An inscribed stone square.
“In the Centre, or midst of the Pegm, there was an Aback, or Square, wherein this Elogy was written.”