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Definition of Reverse

Reverse Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. Reversed; as, a reverse shell. That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction. That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite. 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. The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart. To cause to return; to recall. To change totally; to alter to the opposite. To turn upside down; to invert. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert. To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree. To return; to revert. To become or be reversed. Related Definitions: Act, Alter, An, Annual, Anything, As, Back, Backhanded, Backward, Bandage, Bandaging, Be, Become, Better, By, Cause, Change, Changed, Character, Check, Coin, Complete, Conduct, Contrary, Course, Decision, Decree, Defeat, Depart, Direction, Directly, Disturbed, Down, Drum, Else, Enemy, Error, Especially, Face, Fencing, Fold, For, From, Greatly, Hand, Having, Hence, In, Invert, Is, Judgment, Kind, Lance, Line, Made, Make, Medal, Met, Method, Misfortune, Natural, Obverse, Of, Opposite, Or, Order, Overthrow, Presented, Recall, Return, Reversal, Reverse, Reversed, Reversing, Revert, Reverted, See, Sentence, Shell, Side, Something, Stroke, Subvert, That, The, Thrust, To, Total, Totally, Trench, Turn, Turned, Under, Upside, Void, When, Which, With, Worse

Reverse Quotations The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law. Maria Edgeworth The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. Abraham Lincoln When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait. Pablo Picasso The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. P. J. O'Rourke Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it. Donald Rumsfeld

Reverse Translations reverse in Afrikaans is teenoorgesteld reverse in Dutch is achterzijde, ommezijde, rugstuk reverse in Finnish is vastakkainen reverse in French is verso, inverse reverse in Portuguese is reverso

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