v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ For, prep. + ever. ] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At all times; always. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forever and ever, an emphatic “forever.”

Syn. -- Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. irreverentia: cf. F. irrévérence. ] The state or quality of being irreverent; lack of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Irreverent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F. irrévérent. See In- not, and Reverent. ] Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an irreverent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine; an irreversible process; an irreversible reaction. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree. [ 1913 Webster ]

This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. Jortin.

Syn. -- Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irreversible. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In an irreversible manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- used mostly of clothing. Opposite of reversible.
Syn. -- one-sided. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To echo. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reverberans, p. pr. : cf. F. réverbérant. See Reverberate. ] Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod. ] 1. Reverberant. [ Obs. ] “The reverberate hills.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reverberated p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating. ] 1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [ Obs. ] “Reverberated into glass.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To resound; to echo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. réverbération. ] The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective. [ 1913 Webster ]

This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, produces reverberation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A reverberatory furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Revered p. pr. & vb. n. Revering. ] [ L. revereri; pref. re- re- + vereri to fear, perh. akin to E. wary: cf. F. révérer. ] To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner in the empire. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To venerate; adore; reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. révérence, L. reverentia. See Reverent. ] 1. Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted “respect” “honor”, without awe or fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

And each of them doeth all his diligence
To do unto the feast reverence. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am forced to lay my reverence by. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Save your reverence,
Saving your reverence, an apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. --
Sir reverence, a contracted form of Save your reverence. [ 1913 Webster ] Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. “Sir reverence.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To do reverence, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence. [ 1913 Webster ] Now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Awe; honor; veneration; adoration; dread. -- Awe, Reverence, Dread, Veneration. Reverence is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem, sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, reverence for the divine law. Awe is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, awe at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love. Dread is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as, dread of punishment. Veneration is reverence in its strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce reverence; terrific and threatening objects awaken dread; a sense of the divine presence fills us with awe; a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires us with veneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reverenced p. pr. & vb. n. Reverencing ] To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who regards with reverence. “Reverencers of crowned heads.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. révérend, L. reverendus, fr. revereri. See Revere. ] Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A reverend sire among them came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is commonly given as a title of respect to ecclesiastics. A clergyman is styled the reverend; a dean, the very reverend; a bishop, the right reverend; an archbishop, the most reverend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Reverently. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reverens, -entis, p. pr. of revereri. See Revere. ] 1. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. “They . . . prostrate fell before him reverent.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior. Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. révérenciel. See Reverence. ] Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. “A reverential esteem of things sacred.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reverential manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reverent manner; in respectful regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reveres. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. sing & pl. [ F. See Reverse, n. ] (Dressmaking, Tailoring, etc.) A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Reverse. ] Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Reverse. ] 1. The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. revers, OF. revers, L. reversus, p. p. of revertere. See Revert. ] 1. Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. “A vice reverse unto this.” Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He found the sea diverse
With many a windy storm reverse. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot. & Zool.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverse bearing (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance. --
Reverse curve (Railways), a curve like the letter S, formed of two curves bending in opposite directions. --
Reverse fire (Mil.), a fire in the rear. --
Reverse operation (Math.), an operation the steps of which are taken in a contrary order to that in which the same or similar steps are taken in another operation considered as direct; an operation in which that is sought which in another operation is given, and that given which in the other is sought; as, finding the length of a pendulum from its time of vibration is the reverse operation to finding the time of vibration from the length. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. revers. See Reverse, a. ] 1. That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did so with the reverse of the lance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make everything the reverse of what they have seen, is quite as easy as to destroy. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strange reverse of fate you see;
I pitied you, now you may pity me. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Surg.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reversed 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°, 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 ]

v. i. 1. To return; to revert. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become or be reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

adv. In a reversed way. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Irreversible. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reverses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being reversible. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réversible revertible, reversionary. ] 1. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reversible lock, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb. --
Reversible process. See under Process. [ 1913 Webster ]