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reverser

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English

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Etymology

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From reverse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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reverser (plural reversers)

  1. Something which reverses a particular action or condition.
    a polarity reverser
    • 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
      The down grade would give her a start, and then, if Mitchell got his reverser over smartly, he might catch her on the right angle, and she would come back. Mitchell reversed, and moved forward, but to the horror of the fireman, he didn't stop!
    1. (aviation) A thrust reverser.
  2. (Scots law) A mortgager of land.
  3. (slang, computing) A reverse-engineer.
    • 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering:
      Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.

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Danish

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Noun

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reverser c or n

  1. indefinite plural of revers

French

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ verser.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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reverser

  1. to repour (pour again)
  2. to pour back
  3. (finance) to pay back, put back

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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reverser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reversō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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reverser

  1. imperative of reversere

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reversō.

Verb

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reverser

  1. to invert (turn upside down)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • English: reverse
  • French: reverser

Swedish

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Noun

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reverser

  1. indefinite plural of revers

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