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Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reversed}
(r[-e]*v[~e]rst");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reversing}.] [See
{Reverse}, a., and cf. {Revert}.]
1. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to
cause to depart.
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And that old dame said many an idle verse,
Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.
--Spenser.
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2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.]
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And to his fresh remembrance did reverse
The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser.
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3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
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Reverse the doom of death. --Shak.
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She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of
Bray. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. To turn upside down; to invert.
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A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if
balanced by admirable skill. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
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These can divide, and these reverse, the state.
--Pope.
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Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good
and evil. --Rogers.
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6. (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void;
to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment,
sentence, or decree.
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{Reverse arms} (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the
piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an
angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration.

{To reverse an engine} or {To reverse a machine}, to cause it
to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite
direction.
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Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert;
repeal; annul; revoke; undo.
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Reversed \Re*versed"\ (r[-e]*v[~e]rst"), a.
1. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the
contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or
sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
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2. (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a
reversed judgment or decree.
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{Reversed positive} or {Reversed negative} (Photog.), a
picture corresponding with the original in light and
shade, but reversed as to right and left. --Abney.
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