Definition of reverse

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Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed..

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Converse :: Converse (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition..
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Spurry :: Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings..
Deploy :: Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell..
Inverse :: Inverse (a.) Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct..
Heterophemy :: Heterophemy (n.) The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
Resupination :: Resupination (n.) The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed..
Counterprove :: Counterprove (v. t.) To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter..
Reversible :: Reversible (a.) Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence..
Countermarch :: Countermarch (v. i.) To march back, or to march in reversed order..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..
Reverseless :: Reverseless (a.) Irreversible.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Ob- :: Ob- () A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-..
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