Definition of reverse

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Reverse (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

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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..
Reeding :: Reeding (n.) A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting..
Resupination :: Resupination (n.) The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed..
Unwill :: Unwill (v. t.) To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
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..
Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..
Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse..
Undecide :: Undecide (v. t.) To reverse or recant, as a previous decision..
Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings..
Reverser :: Reverser (n.) One who reverses.
Undecreed :: Undecreed (a.) Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed..
Involution :: Involution (n.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
Reversing :: Reversing (a.) Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed..
Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed..
Physa :: Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond..
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