Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Turned in a contrary or opposite position, direction, order, or state to that which is normal or usual; reverse; upside down; inside out; hind part before.
- Made void; overthrown or annulled: as, a reversed judgment or decree.
- In geology, noting strata which have been so completely overturned by crust-movements that older beds overlie those more recent, or occupy a reversed position.
- In botany, of flowers, resupinate (Bigelow); of leaves, having the lower surface turned upward (Imp. Dict.).
- In conchology, sinistral, sinistrorse, or sinistrorsal; turning to the left; reverse; heterostrophic. See cut under
reverse . - In heraldry, facing in a position the contrary of its usual position: said of any bearing which has a well-defined position on the escutcheon: thus, a chevron reversed is one which issues from the top of the escutcheon, and has its point downward. Also renverse, reversic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary
- adjective (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted.
- adjective (Photog.) a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
reverse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective turned inside out and resewn
- adjective turned about in order or relation
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Examples
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I cannot conceive any thing more appalling than that it should be held, that every one of the cases similarly decided ought to be reversed; that the judgments without number under which parties have been sent for execution _are all erroneous judgments, and ought to have been reversed_, and _must_ have been reversed, if they had been brought before the last resort! "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
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Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo permalink #6 of 64: how why is the title reversed from the lyric?
The WELL: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo Robert Hunter 2005
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(See here for a discussion of how the Court this term reversed all of the five pro-environmental cases that came before it this term -- all by a divided vote.)
Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing (Day 2) 2009
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Stuck twins: twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome (TRAP)
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Perhaps the precedent that needs to be reversed is Marbury v Madison, and let the SCOTUS revert to the very limited role that, it appears to me, the framers meant it to have in the first place.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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Stuck twins: twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome (TRAP)
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Griffin reversed the decision before the repair capability had been demonstrated, although it was dependent on it suceeding before the final go ahead was given.
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After his opposition grew increasingly untenable, McCain reversed his position, and encouraged his home state of Arizona to recognize the holiday despite opposition from Mecham.
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Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) occurs only in the setting of a monochorionic pregnancy and complicates approximately 1 percent of monochorionic twin gestations, with an incidence of 1 in 35,000 births.
Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence and Bipolar Cord 2010
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I grew up in a household where the gender roles were essentially reversed from the current cultural norm, though in many, many ways more egalitarian than a stereotypical hetero-marriage.
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