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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Backbite \Back"bite`\, v. t. [2d back, n. bite.]
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or
spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of
(one absent). --Spenser.
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Backbite \Back"bite`\, v. i.
To censure or revile the absent.
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They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. --Shak.
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