reverse
reverse n
see reverse, v.
- Misfortune; deprivation; [fig.] trouble; trial; affliction; difficulty.
- Crisis; financial loss; sudden economic downturn; rapid turn from favorable to unfavorable circumstances.
- Sorrow; grief; depression.
- Opposite; contrary; antithesis.
- Downfall; failure; loss of reputation; [fig.] death; tragic end.
reverse [-d, -s] v
Fr. < L. re- + versāre < vertěre, to turn.
- 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.