'Reversed' definitions:

Definition of 'reversed'

From: WordNet
adjective
Turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
adjective
Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" [syn: converse, reversed, transposed]

Definition of 'Reversed'

From: GCIDE
  • Reversed \Re*versed"\ (r[-e]*v[~e]rst"), a.
  • 1. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. [1913 Webster]
  • Reversed positive or Reversed negative (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. --Abney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Reversed'

From: GCIDE
  • Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reversed (r[-e]*v[~e]rst");p. pr. & vb. n. Reversing.] [See Reverse, a., and cf. Revert.]
  • 1. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart. [1913 Webster]
  • And that old dame said many an idle verse, Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite. [1913 Webster]
  • Reverse the doom of death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To turn upside down; to invert. [1913 Webster]
  • A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert. [1913 Webster]
  • These can divide, and these reverse, the state. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree. [1913 Webster]
  • Reverse arms (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration.
  • To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert; repeal; annul; revoke; undo. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'reversed'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Reversed'