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REVERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
Synonyms:
revere; revers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("revers" is a kind of...):
lapel (lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar)
Context examples:
I prepared myself for a multitude of reverses; my operations might be incessantly baffled, and at last my work be imperfect, yet when I considered the improvement which every day takes place in science and mechanics, I was encouraged to hope my present attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Every several hundred thousand years, the magnetic field dramatically shifts and reverses its polarity.
(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)
In another moment she suppressed this emotion; and said with an aspect more triumphant than dejected: We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
