Băck'bīte1, v. t.
v. t. [back and bite.] To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of, in the absence of the person traduced. Spenser.
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Backbite
Băck'bīte2, v. i.
v. i. To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak.