2. Verb. (third-person singular of reverse) ¹
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Definition of Reverses
1. reverse [v] - See also: reverse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverses
Literary usage of Reverses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"Accounts of these reverses, arriving from time to time in America, had increased
the disinclination felt from the beginning by many of the active Federal ..."
2. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"In the South there was much activity, and the patriots suffered many reverses.
South Carolina was completely overrun with the invading armies. ..."
3. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"To Audubon reverses came at this time in rapid succession. Bereft of one and then
another of his children,1 with his family in straitened circumstances in ..."
4. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"To Audubon reverses came at this time in rapid succession. Bereft of one and then
another of his children,1 with his family in straitened circumstances in ..."
5. Richelieu by Richard Lodge (1896)
"CHAPTER VII reverses AND TRIUMPHS 1635-1640 French alliances—Military
preparations—Disasters of 1635 in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and at sea—Causes ..."
6. Reminiscences of a War-time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915 by Frederick William Seward (1916)
"I believe that the good cause will prevail, but I know very well that it must
encounter occasional reverses. I prepare to meet them." July, 1862. ..."
7. Reminiscences of a War-time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915 by Frederick William Seward (1916)
"I believe that the good cause will prevail, but I know very well that it must
encounter occasional reverses. I prepare to meet them." July, 1862. ..."
8. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"The heads must of course be of unequal length ; that used for the reverses being
the longer. The pattern requires some practice to apply with ease, ..."
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