Lexic.us

Definition of Reversed

1. Adjective. Turned inside out and resewn. "The reversed collar looked as good as new"

2. Adjective. Turned about in order or relation. "Transposed letters"

Definition of Reversed

1. a. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zoöl.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

Definition of Reversed

1. Verb. (past of reverse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reversed

1. reverse [v] - See also: reverse

Medical Definition of Reversed

1. 1. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically, sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell. 2. Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative, a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversed

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reversed paradoxical pulse reversed peristalsis reversed phase chromatography reversed reciprocal rhythm reversed shunt reversedly reverseless reversely reverser

Literary usage of Reversed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"a demurrer to the complaint so far as the individual members of the commission were concerned was reversed. "It is a well-settled rule that a public officer ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"Judgment for plaintiffs was reversed by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma (159 'Гас. 470), and plaintiffs bring error. Affirmed. Messrs. ..."

3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1823)
"Jam. sheriff sell A's term on execution to a stranger, and judg- g'6'^!ro' ment is reversed, A shall be restored only to the money, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"The -cone is cut in two along the axis, one-half reversed in direction, ... The cone, cut and reversed as described, revolves about the axis AB. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... from him, and the Testator as his surety, and afterwards paid by the estate of the latter, was reversed; as being inconsistent with the Decrees. ..."

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