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The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.

The turning factor of a quaternion.

A controverser. [Obs.]

Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]

Too soon. Sir P. Sidney.

To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.

The all-containing soul. [R.] That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.

To sow where something has already been sown. [R.] His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. x

Not involving controversy. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to universology.

One who is versed in universology.

The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.

A flute. Flaute piccolo ( Etym: [It., little flute], an octave flute. -- Flauto traverso ( Etym: [It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old flûte a bec, with a mouth piece at the end.

To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant] Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.

A point or hit. Punto diritto Etym: [It.], a direct stroke or hit. -- Punto reverso Etym: [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke. Halliwell. "Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!" Shak.

e, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90º. -- Quadrantal versor, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.

The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.

An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.