Definition of reverse

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Reverse (a.) 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..

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Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
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..
Reversing :: Reversing (a.) Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal..
Parelectronomy :: Parelectronomy (n.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed..
Reversely :: Reversely (adv.) In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.
Hysteron Proteron :: Hysteron proteron () A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, he is well and lives..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell..
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 overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed..
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..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To turn upside down; to invert.
Reversed :: Reversed (a.) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree..
Sol-fa :: Sol-fa (v. i.) To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order..
Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet..
Inverted :: Inverted (a.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval..
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..
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