Word Meanings - RENVERSEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A reversing.

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• REVERSED
  Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
• REVERSION
  The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after
• REVERSIS
  A certain game at cards.
• REVERSIONER
  One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.
• REVERSIBLE
  1. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence. 2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics. Reversible lock, a lock
• REVERSAL
  Intended to reverse; implying reversal. Bp. Burnet.
• REVERSEDLY
  In a reversed way.
• REVERSELESS
  Irreversible. A. SEward.
• REVERSIBILITY
  The quality of being reversible. Tyndall.
• REVERSER
  One who reverses.
• REVERSE
  Reversed; as, a reverse shell. Reverse bearing , the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance. -- Reverse curve , a curve like the letter S, formed of two curves bending in opposite directions. -- Reverse fire ,
• REVERSELY
  In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp. Pearson.
• REVERSIBLY
  In a reversible manner.
• REVERS
  A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat. (more info) etc.)
• REVERSIONARY
  Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
• REVERSING
  Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. -- Reversing gear , gear for reversing the direction
• IRREVERSIBLE STEERING GEAR
  A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever.
• IRREVERSIBLY
  In an irreversible manner.
• IRREVERSIBLENESS
  The state or quality of being irreversible.
• IRREVERSIBILITY
  The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.
• IRREVERSIBLE
  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine. 2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree. This rejection