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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Scenery :: Scenery (n.) Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc..
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..
Twin :: Twin (n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other..
Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse..
Reverted :: Reverted (a.) Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S..
Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..
Parelectronomy :: Parelectronomy (n.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper..
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..
Reversed :: Reversed (imp. & p. p.) of Revers.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
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..
Resupination :: Resupination (n.) The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed..
Division :: Division (n.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed..
Debased :: Debased (a.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
Twinning :: Twinning (n.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about..
Double :: Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
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