REVERSAL
REVERS'AL, adjective [See Reverse.] Intended to reverse; implying reverse.REVERS'AL, noun [from reverse.] A change or overthrowing; as the reversal of a judgment, which amounts ...
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REVERSE
REVERSE, verb transitive revers'. [Latin reversus, reverto; re and verto, to turn.]1. To turn upside down; as, to reverse a pyramid or cone.2. To overturn; to subvert; as, to re...
REVERSED
REVERS'ED, participle passive1. Turned side for side or end for end; changed to the contrary.2. In law, overthrown or annulled.3.adjective In botany, resupinate; having the uppe...
REVERSEDLY
REVERS'EDLY, adverb In a reversed manner.
REVERSELESS
REVERSELESS, adjective revers'less. Not to be reversed; irreversible.
REVERSELY
REVERSELY, adverb revers'ly. On the other hand; on the opposite.
REVERSIBLE
REVERS'IBLE, adjective That may be reversed; as a reversible judgment or sentence.
REVERSING
REVERS'ING, participle present tense Turning upside down; subverting; turning the contrary way; annulling.
REVERSION
REVER'SION, noun [Latin reversio.]1. In general sense, a returning; appropriately, in law, the returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, after a particular estate is e...
REVERSIONARY
REVER'SIONARY, adjective Pertaining to a reversion, that is, to be enjoyed in succession, or after the determination of a particular estate; as a reversionary interest or right.
REVERSIONER
REVER'SIONER, noun The person who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is determined.
REVERT
REVERT', verb transitive [Latin reverto; re and verto, to turn.]1. To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse.Till happy chance revert the cruel scene.[Instead of revert ...
REVERTED
REVERT'ED, participle passive Reversed; turned back.
REVERTENT
REVERT'ENT, noun A medicine which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
REVERTIBLE
REVERT'IBLE, adjective That may revert or return.
REVERTING
REVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning back; returning.
REVERTIVE
REVERT'IVE, adjective Changing; reversing.
REVERY
REV'ERY, noun1. Properly, a raving or delirium; but its sense, as generally used, is a loose or irregular train of thoughts, occurring in musing or meditation; wild, extravagant...
REVEST
REVEST', verb transitive [Low Latin revestio; re and vestio, to clothe.]1. to clothe again.2. To reinvest; to vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate wi...
REVESTED
REVEST'ED, participle passive clothed again; invested anew.
REVESTIARY
REVEST'IARY, noun [Latin revestio.]The place or apartment in a church or temple where the dresses are deposited; now contracted into vestry.
REVETMENT
REVET'MENT, nounIn fortification, a strong wall on the outside of a rampart, intended to support the earth.
REVIBRATE
REVI'BRATE, verb intransitive [re and vibrate.] to vibrate back or in return.
REVIBRATION
REVIBRA'TION, noun the act of vibrating back.
REVICTION
REVIC'TION, noun [Latin re and vivo, victum, to live.] Return to life. [Not used.]
REVICTUAL
REVICTUAL, verb transitive revit'l. [re and victual.] to furnish again with provisions.
REVICTUALED
REVICTUALED, participle passive revit'ld. furnished with victuals again.