| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·baft |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -b ft |
| ADVERB: | Nautical Toward the stern. | | PREPOSITION: | Toward the stern from. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English on baft : on, at; see on + baft, to the rear (from Old English beæftan, behind ( be, by, at; see ambhi in Appendix I + æftan, behind; see apo- in Appendix I).
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