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One who reveres.

in of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." Tennyson. When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke.

A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.

Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

d; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." Gower.

d; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zoöl.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

In a reversed way.

Irreversible. [R.] A. SEward.

In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp. Pearson.

One who reverses.

The quality of being reversible. Tyndall.

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

In a reversible manner.

Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. 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.

The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe.

Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.

One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.

A certain game at cards.

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior. The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson.

Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.