'Reversing' definitions:
Definition of 'Reversing'
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]
Definition of 'Reversing'
From: GCIDE
- Reversing \Re*vers"ing\, a. Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Reversing'
- Reversal,
- Reverse,
- Reversed,
- Reversedly,
- Reversely,
- Reverser,
- Reversibility,
- Reversible,
- Reversibly,
- Reversion,
- reversive,
- Reverse arms,
- Reverse bearing,
- Reverse curve,
- Reverse fire,
- Reverse indentation,
- Reverse operation,
- Reversed negative,
- Reversed positive,
- Reversible lock,
- Reversible process,
- Reversing engine,
- Reversing gear,
- Reversion of series,
- To reverse a machine,
- To reverse an engine,
- change by reversal,
- double reverse,
- reverse fault,
- reverse gear,
- reverse hang,
- reverse lightning,
- reverse osmosis,
- reverse split,
- reverse transcriptase,
- reversed fault,
- reversing thermometer,
- piked reverse hang,
- reverse polish notation,
- reverse stock split,
- reverse transcriptase inhibitor,
- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor,
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor