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everting
(encz) | everting, n: |
Everting
(gcide) | Evert \E*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Everted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Everting.] [L. evertere. See Everse.]
1. To overthrow; to subvert. [R.] --Ayliffe.
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2. To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.
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everting
(wn) | everting
n 1: the act of turning inside out [syn: inversion,
eversion, everting] |
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everting
(encz) | everting, n: |
reverting
(encz) | reverting,navracející adj: Zdeněk Brožreverting,vracející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Reverting
(gcide) | Revert \Re*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Reverting.] [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- +
vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf.
Reverse.]
1. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
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Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. --Prior.
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The tumbling stream . . .
Reverted, plays in undulating flow. --Thomson.
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2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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3. (Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
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To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx
+ cx^2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in
powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the
second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in
powers of y.
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everting
(wn) | everting
n 1: the act of turning inside out [syn: inversion,
eversion, everting] |
reverting
(wn) | reverting
adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning,
reverting]
n 1: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding,
lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion,
reverting] |
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