reversioner

[Eng. reversion; -er.] One who holds a reversion; one who is entitled to lands or tenements after the determination of a particular estate; hence, generally, a person entitled to any future estate in real or personal property. "Numerous heirs at law, reversioners, and creditors." a reversible manner. rě-vers-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [REVERSE, v.] re-ver-sis, s. [REVERSE.] A game at cards. rě-vērt', *re-verte, v. t. & i. [O. Fr. revertir, verb.) C. As substantive: Engraving: Obliterating engraved lines by means of blows of a bare hammer on the engraved plate, whose back rests on sheet-lead. The reaction of chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; =to turn.] A. Transitive : The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia B. Intransitive : revert I. Ordinary Language : 1. To go or come back to a former position; to return. 2. To return or go back to a former state or condition. 3. To return or recur to a former subject or object, or to something spoken of before; as, to revert to a matter or point. II. Law : To return to the po e ion of the donor, or former proprietor. ré-vērt', s. [REVERT, v.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which reverts. 2. Music: Return, recurrence, antistrophe. rě-vērt-ant, a. [REVERT, v.] Her.: Bent and rebent. rě-vērt'-ěd, pa. par. & a. [REVERT, v.] IMG:content-0580.png:[blocks in formation] *re-vic-tion, s. [Lat. re- =again, and vivo , sup. victum =to live.] A return to life; revival. "Do we live to see a reviction of the old Sadducism, so long since dead and forgotten?"- Bp . Hall : Mystery of Godline , § 9. re-vict-ual (c silent), *re-vit-aille, *re-vitayle, v . t . [Pref. re- , and Eng. victual (q. v.).] Το victual again or anew; to stock with provisions again. *re-vie, *re-vỹ, v. t. & i. [Pref. re-. and Eng. vie (q. v.).] A. Transitive : 1. Ord. Lang.: To vie with again; to rival in 1. Ordinary Language: Reversed; turned back. return. "With wild despair's reverted eye." Scott: The Chase , xlix. 2. Her .: Flexed and reflexed, or bent in the form of the letter S; revertant. It is sometimes used to expre a bending in the manner of the chevron. The chain in the illustration is reverted. *rě-vērt-ent, s. [Lat. revert ens , pres. par. of reverto =to revert (q. v.).] Reverted. Pharm .: A medicine intended to restore the natural order of the inverted irritative motion in the system. ( Eras mus Darwin.)