| 1. opposite, contrary; back side, rear; setback, misfortune, defeat; gear or mechanism that drives movement in a direction opposite to the normal direction; area printed with a light design on a dark background (Printing). overturn, flip; invert, transpose; cause to move backward; cause to move in the opposite direction; revoke, cancel, annul; change, alter. having the back side exposed to view; opposite, contrary; moving or behaving in a manner opposite to the norm. reversere*verse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. reversed ;p. pr. & vb. n. reversing.] [see: reverse, a., and cf. revert.] |