Definition for BE-HIND'

BE-HIND', adv. [be and hind.]

  1. Out of sight; not produced, or exhibited to view; remaining; as, we know not what evidence is behind.
  2. Backward; on the back-part; as, to look behind.
  3. Past in the progress of time. Forgetting those things which are behind. – Phil. iii.
  4. Future, or remaining to be endured. And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh. – Col. i.
  5. Remaining after a payment; unpaid; as, there is a large sum behind.
  6. Remaining after the departure of; as, he departed and left us behind.

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