What is already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. Byron called?
backward — Already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. Byron. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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