Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 58
Reveille (n.) (Mil.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. "Sound a reveille." -- Dryden.
For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound reveille. -- Sir W. Scott.
Reveille (n.) (Military) Signal to wake up [syn: reveille, wake-up signal].
Reveille (n.) A signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise.
Reveille (n.) A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted. In the American army it is ingeniously called "rev-e-lee," and to that pronunciation our countrymen have pledged their lives, their misfortunes and their sacred dishonor.
Revel (n.) (Arch.) See Reveal. [R.]
Revel (n.) A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
This day in mirth and revel to dispend. -- Chaucer.
Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. --Rambler.
Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
Reveal (n.) A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
Reveal (n.) (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also revel.]
Reveled (imp. & p. p.) of Revel.
Revelled () of Revel.
Reveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revel.
Revelling () of Revel.
Revel (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. -- Shak.
Revel (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." -- Shak.
Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Revel (n.) Unrestrained merrymaking [syn: revel, revelry].
Revel (v.) Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel].
Revel (v.) Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail].
Revelate (v. t.) To reveal. [Obs.] -- Frith. Barnes.
Revelation (n.) The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Revelation (n.) That which is revealed.
Revelation (n.) (Theol.) The act of revealing divine truth.
Revelation (n.) (Theol.) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. -- Eph. iii. 3.
Revelation (n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.
Revelation (n.) The speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing].
Revelation (n.) An enlightening or astonishing disclosure.
Revelation (n.) Communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency [syn: revelation, divine revelation].
Revelation (n.) The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation].
Revelation, () An uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and at different times (Heb. 1:1) to make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committed to writing. (See WORD OF GOD.) The Scriptures are not merely the "record" of revelation; they are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the accurate presevation and propagation of the truth.
Revelation and inspiration differ. Revelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration (q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in communicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the spokesman or prophet of God in such a sense that everything he asserts to be true, whether fact or doctrine or moral principle, is true, infallibly true.
Revelation, (n.) A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.
Revelator (n.) [L.] One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [R.]
Reveler (n.) One who revels. "Moonshine revelers." -- Shak.
Reveler (n.) A celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen" [syn: reveler, reveller, merrymaker].
Revellent (v. t.) Causing revulsion; revulsive.
Revellent (n.) (Med.) A revulsive medicine.
Revelment (n.) The act of reveling.
Revelous (a.) Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling. [Obs.]
Companionable and revelous was she. -- Chaucer.
Revel-rout (n.) Tumultuous festivity; revelry. [Obs.] -- Rowe.
Revel-rout (n.) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.]
Revelry (n.) The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
And pomp and feast and revelry. -- Milton.
Revelry (n.) Unrestrained merrymaking [syn: revel, revelry].
Revendicated (imp. & p. p.) of Revendicate.
Revendicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revendicate.
Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] -- Vattel (Trans.).
Revendication (n.) The act of revendicating. [R.] -- Vattel (Trans.)
Revendication, () Civil and French law. An action by which a man demands a thing of which he claims to be owner. It applies to immovables as well as movables; to corporeal or encorporeal things. Merlin, Repert. h.t.
Revendication, () By the civil law, he who has sold goods for cash or on credit may demand them back from the purchaser, if the purchase-money is not paid according to contract. The action of revendication is used for this purpose.
See an attempt to introduce the principle of revendication into our law, in 2 Hall's Law Journal, 181.
Revendication, () Revendication, in another sense, corresponds, very nearly, to the stoppage in transitu (q.v.) of the common law. It is used in that sense in the Code de Commerce, art. 577. Revendication, says that article, can take place only when the goods sold are on the way to their place of destination, whether by land or water, and before they have been received into the warehouse of the insolvent, (failli,) or that of his factor or agent, authorized to sell them on account of the insolvent. See Dig. 14, 4, 15;Dig. 18, 1, 19, 53; Dig. 19, f, 11.
Revenged (imp. & p. p.) of Revenge.
Revenging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revenge.
Revenge (v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
To revenge the death of our fathers. -- Ld. Berners.
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.-- Dryden.
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. -- Shak.
Revenge (v. t.) To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See Avenge.
Revenge (v. i.) To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will revenge upon you all." -- Shak.
Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. -- Bacon.
Revenge (n.) The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes. -- Shak.
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. -- Kames.
Revenge (n.) Action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: retaliation, revenge].
Revenge (v.) Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" [syn: revenge, avenge, retaliate].
Revengeable (a.) Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong. -- Warner.
Revengeance (n.) Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]
Revengeful (a.) Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.
If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. -- Shak.
May my hands . . . Never brandish more revengeful steel. -- Shak.
Syn: Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious. -- Re*venge"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*venge"ful*ness, n.
Revengeful (a.) Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more vindictive than jealous love" -- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature" -- M.R.Cohen [syn: revengeful, vindictive, vengeful]
Revengeless (a.) Unrevenged. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Revengement (n.) Revenge. [Obs.]
He 'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. -- Shak.
Revenger (n.) One who revenges. -- Shak.
Revenging (a.) Executing revenge; revengeful. -- Re*ven"ging*ly, adv. -- Shak.
Revenue (n.)（國家的）歲入；稅收 [U]；收入，收益 [U] [C] That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth. -- Gray.
Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
Revenue cutter, 緝私船；海岸巡邏艇 An armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
Revenue (n.) The entire amount of income before any deductions are made [syn: gross, revenue, receipts].
Revenue (n.) Government income due to taxation [syn: tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenue].
Revenue, () The income of the government arising from taxation, duties, and the like; and, according to some correct lawyers, under the idea of revenue is also included the proceeds of the sale of stocks, lands, and other property owned by the government. Story, Const. Sec. 877. Vide Money Bills. By revenue is also understood the income of private individuals and corporations.
Revenue (n.) [ U ] (Also revenues) (C1) The income that a government or company receives regularly.
// Taxes provide most of the government's revenue.
// Government revenues fell dramatically.
Reverb (v. t.) To echo. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Reverberant (a.) Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.
Reverberated (imp. & p. p.) of Reverberate.
Reverberating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverberate.
Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again. -- Shak.
Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
Reverberate (v. t.) Hence, to fuse by
reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated into glass." -- Sir T.
Browne.
Reverberate (a.)
Reverberant. [Obs.] "The reverberate hills." -- Shak.
Reverberate (a.) Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Reverberate (v. i.) To resound; to echo.
Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.
Reverberate (v.) Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate].
Reverberate (v.) Have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life."
Reverberate (v.) Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building."
Reverberate (v.) To throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate].
Reverberate (v.) Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet].
Reverberate (v.) Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore."
Reverberation (n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.
Reverberation (n.) The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps" [syn: echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replication].
Reverberation (n.) A remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" [syn: repercussion, reverberation].
Reverberative (a.) Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.
This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. -- I. Taylor.
Reverberative (a.) Characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative].
Reverberator (n.) One who, or that which, produces reverberation.
Reverberatory (a.) Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.
Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace.
Reverberatory (n.) A reverberatory furnace.
Reverdure (v. t.) To cover again with verdure. -- Ld. Berners.
Revered (imp. & p. p.) of Revere.
Revering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revere.
Revere (v. t.) 【書】尊敬，崇敬；敬畏 To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.
Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner in the empire. -- Addison.
Syn: To venerate; adore; reverence.
Revere (n.) American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) [syn: Revere, Paul Revere].
Revere (n.) A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side [syn: revers, revere].
Revere (v.) Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere].
Revere (v.) Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: reverence, fear, revere, venerate].
Revere, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 121
Housing Units (2000): 59
Land area (2000): 0.186796 sq. miles (0.483800 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.186796 sq. miles (0.483800 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61292
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.495144 N, 91.677021 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Revere, MO
Revere
Revere, MA -- U.S. city in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 47283
Housing Units (2000): 20181
Land area (2000): 5.914679 sq. miles (15.318947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.110965 sq. miles (10.647351 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.025644 sq. miles (25.966298 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56585
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.416247 N, 71.005250 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02151
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Revere, MA
Revere
Revere, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 100
Housing Units (2000): 44
Land area (2000): 0.574732 sq. miles (1.488550 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.574732 sq. miles (1.488550 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53908
Located within: innesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.222177 N, 95.363451 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56166
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Revere, MN
Revere
Reverence (n.) 敬愛，崇敬；敬畏 [U] [（+for）]；尊嚴；威望 [U]；敬禮，鞠躬 [U] [C] [（+to）] Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. -- Chaucer.
Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. -- Coleridge.
When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. -- Bacon.
Note: Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted "respect" "honor", without awe or fear.
Reverence (n.) The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.
Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence. -- Goldsmith.
And each of them doeth all his diligence To do unto the feast reverence. -- Chaucer.
Reverence (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
I am forced to lay my reverence by. -- Shak.
Reverence (n.) A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father. -- Shak.
Save your reverence, Saving your reverence, An apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman.
Sir reverence, A contracted form of Save your reverence.
Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. "Sir reverence." -- Shak.
To do reverence, To show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence.
Now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence. -- Shak.
Syn: Awe; honor; veneration; adoration; dread.
Usage: Awe, Reverence, Dread, Veneration. Reverence is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem, sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, reverence for the divine law. Awe is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, awe at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love. Dread is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as, dread of punishment.
Veneration is reverence in its strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce reverence; terrific and threatening objects awaken dread; a sense of the divine presence fills us with awe; a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires us with veneration.
Reverenced (imp. & p. p.) of Reverence.
Reverencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverence.
Reverence (v. t.) 尊敬，崇敬；敬畏 To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.
Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband. -- Eph. v. 33.
Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. -- Shak.
Reverence (n.) A feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration].
Reverence (n.) A reverent mental attitude [ant: irreverence].
Reverence (n.) An act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy).
Reverence (v.) Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: reverence, fear, revere, venerate].
Reverence (n.) The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
Reverencer (n.) One who regards with reverence. "Reverencers of crowned heads." -- Swift.
Reverend (a.) Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.
A reverend sire among them came. -- Milton.
They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children. -- Jer. Taylor.
Note: This word is commonly given as a title of respect to ecclesiastics. A clergyman is styled the reverend; a dean, the very reverend; a bishop, the right reverend; an archbishop, the most reverend.
Reverend (a.) Worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime].
Reverend (n.) A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular].
Reverend (n.) A title of respect for a clergyman.
Reverendly (adv.) Reverently. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Reverent (a.) 恭敬的，虔誠的 Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. "They . . . prostrate fell before him reverent." -- Milton.
Reverent (a.) Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior. -- Joye.
Reverent (a.) Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" [ant: irreverent].
Reverent (a.) Showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful].
Reverential (a.) 虔誠的；可尊敬的 Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. "A reverential esteem of things sacred." -- South.
Reverential (a.) Feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: respectful, reverential, venerating].
Reverentially (adv.) 虔誠地；可敬地 In a reverential manner.
Reverentially (adv.) With reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork" [syn: reverentially, reverently] [ant: irreverently].
Reverently (adv.) 恭敬地；虔誠地 In a reverent manner; in respectful regard.
Reverently (adv.) With reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork" [syn: reverentially, reverently] [ant: irreverently].
Reverer (n.) One who reveres. Reverie
Reveries (n. pl. ) of Revery.
Reverie (n.) Alt. of Revery.
Revery (n.) A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." -- Tennyson.
When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. -- Locke.
Revery (n.) An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison.
Reversal (a.) [See {Reverse}] 反面的，相反的，反向的，顛倒的 Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] -- Bp. Burnet.
Reversal (n.) 翻轉；逆轉；廢棄；取消；顛倒 The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.
Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.
Reversal (n.) A change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function."
Reversal (n.) An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: {reverse}, {reversal}, {setback}, {blow}, {black eye}].
Reversal (n.) Turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens" [syn: {reversal}, {turn around}].
Reversal (n.) A decision to reverse an earlier decision [syn: {reversal}, {change of mind}, {flip-flop}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}].
Reversal (n.) A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside [ant: {affirmation}].
Reversal (n.) Turning in the opposite direction [syn: {reversion}, {reverse}, {reversal}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}].
Reversal (n.) The act of reversing the order or place of [syn: {transposition}, {reversal}].
Reversal (n.) A major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" [syn: {about-face}, {volte- face}, {reversal}, {policy change}].
Reversal, () International law. First. A declaration by which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order, or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any changes that may happen to cause a deviation therefrom; as, for example, when the French court, consented for the first time, in 1745, to grant to Elizabeth, the Czarina of Russia, the title of empress, exacted as a reversal, a declaration purporting that the assumption of the title of an imperial government, by Russia, should not derogate from the rank which France had held towards her. Secondly. Those letters are also termed reversals, Litterae Reversales, by which a sovereign declares that, by a particular act of his, he does not mean to prejudice a third power. Of this we have an example in history: formerly, the emperor of Germany, whose coronation, according to the golden ball, ought to have been solemnized at Aix-la-Chapelle, gave to that city when he was crowned elsewhere, reversals, by which he declared that such coronation took place without prejudice to its rights, and without drawing any consequences therefrom for the future.
Reverse (a.) 顛倒的；相反的；反向的 Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
Reverse (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
Reverse (n.) [the S ] [（+of）] 相反；[the S] 背面，反面 That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
Reverse (n.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
Reverse (n.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
Reverse (n.) 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.
Reverse (n.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reverse (n.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reversed (imp. & p. p.) of Reverse.
Reversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverse.