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Reverse(money)
Reverse(medicine)
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reverse(2) (iou)



reverse noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French revers, reverse, from uses as noun of Latin reversus: see REVERSE adjective & adverb.]
I.
The opposite, the contrary. (Foll. by of, (now rare) to.) LME.
E. Blishen If my father's relatives were hard.., my mother's were the reverse: all gentle. D. Halberstam What was..printed represented the reverse of his views.
b. The contrary of the usual manner. Chiefly in in reverse. L19.
c. Contract Bridge. A rebid in a suit of higher rank than that which one has previously bid. M20.
The side of a coin, medal, seal, etc., which does not bear the main device or inscription; the design etc. on this side. Opp. OBVERSE noun 1. E17.
the reverse of the medal, the reverse of the shield fig. the opposite view of a matter (cf. the other side of the coin s.v. COIN noun).
The side facing away; a side or face not seen or not intended to be seen. L18.
The verso of a leaf (in a book etc.). E19.
II.
= REVERS. rare. LME.
A back-handed stroke or cut with a sword etc. L15-M17.
= REVERSAL 2. L15-L17.
An adverse change of or of fortune; a disaster, a setback, now esp. a defeat in battle or a sports match. E16.
J. Colville The withdrawal from..Norway..is admitted to be a reverse.
A complete change or alteration (of); a movement in the opposite direction. E18.
Nature Temperatures have been rising since the..seventeenth century..with reverses lasting several decades.
b. Amer. Football. A play in which a player reverses the direction of attack by passing the ball to a team-mate moving in the opposite direction. M20.
The action of reversing in dancing. L19.
Reverse gear; the position of a gear lever or selector corresponding to this. L19.
G. Moffat The car..was in neutral instead of..reverse.