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backed

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bækt/

adj

Etymology: From back (noun) + -ed.

  1. Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.

    He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.

  2. Having specified type of back.

    a high-backed chair

    sway-backed

  3. Having specified type of backing.

    asset-backed securities

    Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.

verb

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

  1. simple past and past participle of back
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