Reversing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reversing \Re*vers"ing\, a.
     Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being
     reversed.
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     {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} (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of
        rotation at will.
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