01 a. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
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Intended to reverse; implying reversal.[Obs.]
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Webster, 1913
Reversal
02 n. 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…
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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.
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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.