Definition of reverse

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Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.

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Resupinate :: Resupinate (a.) Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
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..
Reverseless :: Reverseless (a.) Irreversible.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..
Oblanceolate :: Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10..
Reversing :: Reversing (a.) Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed..
Sinistral :: Sinistral (a.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
Pile :: Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.
Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..
Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet..
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught..
Reversed :: Reversed (imp. & p. p.) of Revers.
Unreserve :: Unreserve (n.) Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication.
Inverse :: Inverse (a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
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