renverse

See also: renversé

English

Etymology

Old French renverser. Equivalent to re- +‎ inverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪnˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

renverse (third-person singular simple present renverses, present participle renversing, simple past and past participle renversed)

1. Obsolete form of reverse.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 41:

     whose shield he bears renverst

Adjective

renverse (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, dated) Backwards, contourné, facing the opposite direction (sinister/dexter) than usual.
   • 1877, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 58:

     Samuel Coggan. Lisbon, May 19, 1712; letter to David Jeffries de Co. Round seal, a lion rampant renversé.

   • 1909, Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, page 218:

     The arms [on the 1790 Gelderland duit] may be thus blazoned: Party per pale, 1. azure, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules, 2. or, a lion rampant renverse sable, armed and langued as before.

Synonyms

• (heraldry): renversé

Anagrams

• renerves, venerers

French

Verb

renverse

1. inflection of renverser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative