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71reverse — ► VERB 1) move backwards. 2) make (something) the opposite of what it was. 3) turn the other way round or up or inside out. 4) revoke or annul (a judgement by a lower court or authority). 5) (of an engine) work in a contrary direction. ►… …
72reversible — reverse ► VERB 1) move backwards. 2) make (something) the opposite of what it was. 3) turn the other way round or up or inside out. 4) revoke or annul (a judgement by a lower court or authority). 5) (of an engine) work in a contrary direction. ►… …
73revert — ► VERB (revert to) 1) return to (a previous state, condition, etc.). 2) Biology return to (a former or ancestral type). 3) Law (of property) return or pass to (the original owner) by reversion. ORIGIN Latin revertere turn back …
74reverse — [ri vʉrs′] adj. [ME revers < OFr < L reversus, pp. of revertere: see REVERT] 1. a) turned backward; opposite or contrary, as in position, direction, order, etc. b) with the back showing or in view 2. reversing the usual effect so as to show …
75revert — [ri vʉrt′] vi. [ME reverten < OFr revertir < VL * revertire, for L revertere < re , back + vertere, to turn: see VERSE] 1. to go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject 2. Biol.… …
76reverse — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. turn the other way round or up or inside out. 2 tr. change to the opposite character or effect (reversed the decision). 3 intr. & tr. travel or cause to travel backwards. 4 tr. make (an engine etc.) work in a contrary… …
77revert — v. 1 intr. (foll. by to) return to a former state, practice, opinion, etc. 2 intr. (of property, an office, etc.) return by reversion. 3 intr. fall back into a wild state. 4 tr. turn (one s eyes or steps) back. Derivatives: reverter n. (in sense… …
78re|vers´er — re|verse «rih VURS», noun, adjective, verb, versed, vers|ing. –n. 1. the opposite or contrary: »She did the reverse of what I ordered. 2. the back: »His name is on the reverse of the medal. 3. an opposite or contrary motion or direction: » …
79re|verse — «rih VURS», noun, adjective, verb, versed, vers|ing. –n. 1. the opposite or contrary: »She did the reverse of what I ordered. 2. the back: »His name is on the reverse of the medal. 3. an opposite or contrary motion or direction: » …
80re|ver|sion — «rih VUR zhuhn, shuhn», noun. 1. a return, as to a former condition, practice, or belief: »It had become, by one of those periodic reversions to the ways of the eighteenth century … a question of dominating importance (Lytton Strachey). 2. the… …
