Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 59
Reverse (v. t.) 顛倒，翻轉；使倒退，使倒轉；使反向 To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
And that old dame said many an idle verse, Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. -- Spenser.
Reverse (v. t.) To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.]
And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes. -- Spenser.
Reverse (v. t.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Reverse the doom of death. -- Shak.
She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray. -- Sir W. Scott.
Reverse (v. t.) To turn upside down; to invert.
A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. -- Sir W. Temple.
Reverse (v. t.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
These can divide, and these reverse, the state. -- Pope.
Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil. -- Rogers.
Reverse (v. t.) (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
Reverse arms (Mil.), A position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration.
To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, To cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction.
Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert; repeal; annul; revoke; undo.
Reverse (v. i.) 倒退，倒轉；反向 To return; to revert. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Reverse (v. i.) To become or be reversed.
Reverse (a.) Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" [syn: {rearward}, {reverse}].
Reverse (a.) Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear" [ant: {forward}].
Reverse (a.) Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect [syn: {inverse}, {reverse}].
Reverse (n.) A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: {reverse}, {contrary}, {opposite}].
Reverse (n.) The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed [syn: {reverse}, {reverse gear}].
Reverse (n.) An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: {reverse}, {reversal}, {setback}, {blow}, {black eye}].
Reverse (n.) The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design [syn: {reverse}, {verso}] [ant: {obverse}].
Reverse (n.) (American football) A running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction.
Reverse (n.) Turning in the opposite direction [syn: {reversion}, {reverse}, {reversal}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}].
Reverse (v.) Change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" [syn: {change by reversal}, {turn}, {reverse}].
Reverse (v.) Turn inside out or upside down [syn: {turn back}, {invert}, {reverse}].
Reverse (v.) Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override}, {overthrow}, {reverse}].
Reverse (v.) Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn}, {rescind}, {vacate}].
Reverse (v.) Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn: {invert}, {reverse}].
Reversed (a.) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
Reversed (a.) (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.
Reversed positive or Reversed negative (Photog.), A picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. -- Abney.
Reversed (a.) Turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new."
Reversed (a.) Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" [syn: converse, reversed, transposed].
Reversedly (adv.) In a reversed way.
Reverseless (a.) Irreversible. [R.] -- A. Seward.
Reversely (adv.) In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. -- Bp. Pearson.
Reversely (adv.) In an opposite way; so as to be reversed.
Reverser (n.) One who reverses.
Reversibility (n.) The quality of being reversible. -- Tyndall.
Reversibility (n.) The quality of being reversible in either direction [ant: irreversibility].
Reversible (a.) Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.
Reversible (a.) Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics.
Reversible lock, A lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.
Reversible process. See under Process.
Reversible (a.) Capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension" [ant: irreversible].
Reversible (a.) Capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" [syn: reversible, two-sided] [ant: nonreversible, one-sided].
Reversible (a.) Capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated."
Reversible (a.) Capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell".
Reversible (n.) A garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing).
Reversibly (adv.) In a reversible manner.
Reversibly (adv.) In a reversible manner; "reversibly convertible."
Reversing (a.) Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.
Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return.
Reversion (n.) That which reverts or returns; residue.
Reversion (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
Reversion (n.) Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
Reversion (n.) A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Reversionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
Reversionary (n.) That which is to be received in reversion.
Reversioner (n.) One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.
Reversis (n.) A certain game at cards.
Reverted (imp. & p. p.) of Revert.
Reverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revert.
Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Revert (v. t.) To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
Revert (v. t.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
Revert (v. i.) To return; to come back.
Revert (v. i.) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
Revert (n.) One who, or that which, reverts.
Revert (v.) [ I ] (Indian English) To reply.
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Reverted (a.) Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
Revertent (n.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
Reverter (n.) One who, or that which, reverts.
Reverter (n.) (Law) Reversion. -- Burrill.
Reverter. () Reversion. A formedon in reverter is a writ which was a proper remedy when the donee in tail or issue died without issue and a stranger abated: or they who were seised by force of the entail discontinued the same. Bac. Ab. Formedon, A 3.
Revertible (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.
Revertible (a.) To be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs.
Revertive (a.) Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. -- Re*vert"ive*ly, adv.
The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sands behind. -- Thomson.
Revery (n.) Same as Reverie.
Reverie, Revery (n.; pl. Reveries.) 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.
Reverie, Revery (n.; pl. Reveries.) An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. -- Addison.
Revery (n.) An abstracted state of absorption [syn: reverie, revery].
Revery (n.) Absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain].
Revest (v. i.) To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.
Revest (v. t.) To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter Did thus revest and decked with due habiliments. -- Spenser.
Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.
Revestiary (n.) The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.
Revestry (n.) Same as Revestiary. [Obs.]
Revestture (n.) Vesture. [Obs.]
Richrevesture of cloth of gold. -- E. Hall.
Revetted (imp. & p. p.) of Revet.
Revetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revet.
Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Revet (v.) Construct a revetment.
Revet (v.) Face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment."
Revetment (n.) (Fort. & Engin.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall. [Written also rev[^e]tement.]
Revetment (n.) A barrier against explosives.
Revetment (n.) A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment [syn: revetment, revetement, stone facing].
Revibrate (v. i.) To vibrate back or in return. -- Re`vi*bra"tion, n.
Revict (v. t.) To reconquer. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Reviction (n.) Return to life. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Revictual (v. t.) To victual again.
Revie (v. t.) To vie with, or rival, in return.
Revie (v. t.) (Card Playing) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing. [Obs.]
Revie (v. i.) To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.]
Reviewed (imp. & p. p.) of Review.
Reveiwing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Review.
Review (v. t.) To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] "I shall review Sicilia." -- Shak.
Review (v. t.) To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically:
Review (v. t.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
Review (v. t.) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
Review (v. t.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
Review (v. t.) (Law) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
Review (v. t.) To retrace; to go over again.
Shall I the long, laborious scene review? -- Pope.
Review (v. i.) To look back; to make a review.
Review (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
Review (n.) An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
Review (n.) A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
Review (n.) An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
Review (n.) (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
Review (n.) A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
Bill of review (Equity), A bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. -- Wharton.
Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), A commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.
Syn: Reexamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
Review (n.) A new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment].
Review (n.) An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) [syn: review, critique, critical review, review article].
Review (n.) A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: follow-up, followup, reexamination, review].
Review (n.) (Accounting) A service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data [syn: review, limited review].
Review (n.) A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians [syn: revue, review].
Review (n.) A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art.
Review (n.) A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion [syn: recapitulation, recap, review].
Review (n.) (Law) A judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court).
Review (n.) Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory [syn: review, brushup].
Review (n.) A formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" [syn: inspection, review].
Review (v.) Look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" [syn: review, reexamine].
Review (v.) Appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" [syn: review, critique].
Review (v.) Hold a review (of troops) [syn: review, go over, survey].
Review (v.) Refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" [syn: review, brush up, refresh].
Review (v.) Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" [syn: review, look back, retrospect].
Reviewable (a.) Capable of being reviewed.
Reviewal (n.) A review. [R.] -- Southey.
Reviewer (n.) One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.
Reviewer (n.) Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader].
Reviewer (n.) A writer who reports and analyzes events of the day [syn: commentator, reviewer].
Revigorate (a.) Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. [R.] -- Southey.
Revigorate (v. t.) To give new vigor to. [Obs.]
Reviled (imp. & p. p.) of Revile.
Reviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revile.
Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there?" -- Shak.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. -- 1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
Revile (n.) Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. -- Milton.
Revile (v.) Spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate, rail].
Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. -- Spenser.
Revilement (n.) A rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification].
Reviler (n.) One who reviles. -- 1. Cor. vi. 10.
Reviling (n.) Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. -- Isa. li. 7.
Reviling (a.) Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. -- Re*vil"ing*ly, adv.
Revince (v. t.) To overcome; to refute, as error. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back. -- Mitford.
Revirescence (n.) A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor. [Obs.]
Revisable (a.) That may be revised.
Revisal (n.) The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.
Revisal (n.) The act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript].
Revised (imp. & p. p.) of Revise.