释义 |
† ramverse, v. Obs. [ad. F. renverser, f. re- + envers inverse.] 1. trans. To overturn, overthrow. Also fig.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xiii, He hath aye ioye theyr honour to ramuerse. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 28 They seeke to drowne and ramuerse euery ship. 2. To reverse, withdraw.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 461 He could not Ram-verse the Wedges. 1662Petrie Ch. Hist. xiii. I. 391 Thus he did ramverse the priviledge granted by Pope Honorius the III. Hence † ramvert v. (after convert, invert, etc.).
1632Lithgow Trav. v. 189 A guilty conscience..ramverts most of them, either ouer in a torment of melancholy, otherwise in the extasie of madnesse. |