Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Reverse (-d, -s)
reverse (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. re- + versāre < vertěre, to turn.] (webplay: back, each, eternity, just, misfortune, obtains, other, poverty, reduced, strange).
- Invert; turn upside down; switch the position of.
- Convolute; disorder; disturb; upset; make unnatural; go against the order of.
- Overcome; resolve; overthrow; [fig.] master; conquer; defeat; vanquish; [word play on “re-versed”] edit; rewrite; revise; write again in verse; convert into poetry.
- Stop; cease; quit; halt; discontinue; refrain from.
- Send another way; cause to move in the opposite direction.
- Transform; transfigure; translate; change the timing of.
- Reveal; uncover; unveil; show the other side of.
- See from the other side.
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