Emily Dickinson Lexicon

revenue (s), n. [OFr < revenir, to return.]

Income; yield; profit.

reverberation, n. [OFr.]

Enlightenment.

revere (revering), v. [Fr. révérer or L. re- + verērī, to fear.]

Regard with fear mingled with respect and affection; venerate.

revered, verbal adj. [see revere, v.]

Regarded with fear mingled with respect and affection; venerated.

reverent (-ly), adv. [L. reverentem.]

With respect and reverence.

reverential, adj. [L. reverentiāl-is.]

1. Solemn; expressing reverence or veneration.
2. Submissive; humble.

reverse, n. [see reverse, v.] (webplay: certainty.).

1. Financial loss; sudden and rapid turning from favorable circumstances.
2. Opposite.

reverse (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. re- + versāre < vertěre, to turn.] (webplay: back, each, eternity, just, misfortune, obtains, other, poverty, reduced, strange).

1. Reveal the opposite side or nature of.
2. Cause to move in the opposite direction.
3. Switch; invert; change around.
4. Stop.

reversed, verbal adj. [see reverse, v.]

revert (-ed), v. [OFr revertir < L. re- + vertěre, to turn.] (webplay: turned back).

Go back; return to former state.