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reversionn.1  Brit.  /rᵻˈvəːʃn/, U.S. /rəˈvərʒ(ə)n/, /riˈvərʒ(ə)n/, /rəˈvərʃ(ə)n/, /riˈvərʃ(ə)n/Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French reversion; Latin reversiōn-, reversiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman revercioun, reversioun, reversiun, (in late sources) revertion, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reversion, revercion (French réversion ) return of an estate to the original grantor or his representative (c1300 or earlier, frequent in Anglo-Norman legal texts), action or fact of returning to a certain custom, state, belief, or practice (a1365; rare before late 16th cent.), action or fact of returning to a place (a1500; 13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French in sense ‘act of weeping’; the specific use in biology in sense 7c is not paralleled until later (a1871)) and its etymon classical Latin reversiōn-, reversiō action of turning back again to place of origin, return, fact of coming round again (of events, seasons), reversal of the natural order, in post-classical Latin also (in legal use) return of property or title to original owner (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; also as revertio), reversal of judgement (c1290, 1309, c1310 in British sources), action of turning over the leaves of a book (late 13th cent. in a British source) < revers- , past participial stem of revertere revert v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Catalan reversió (15th cent.), Spanish reversión (first half of the 15th cent.), and (via French) Italian riversione (1831; c1400 as reversione; rare before 19th cent.).The γ. forms show suffix substitution; compare -tion suffix, and also the French variant revertion and the post-classical Latin variant revertio. I. Senses relating to succession of ownership or office. 1. Law. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited a1325 (2011) vii. 29 Ne þe heires ne heo to wom þe reuersion lith..nabbez no nuede to sette hoere askinge. 1394 in (1836) III. 256 (MED) We..by feffement of..Guy..som tyme were confeffes..sesyd in the Manere of Slapton, and the reuersioun of Torbriene, with here appartenaunces..by the same ser Guy to ous and oure heirs in fe ȝouyn. 1426 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 74 (MED) I will þat..my brother haue half þe Cok and þe garlond in Colmanstrete, þe terme of his life, and þe Reuersion to Richard Burdon. c1500 (a1475) J. Fortescue (Claud.) (1885) 156 (MED) It were goode that the same land be no more gyven; for ellis importune suters wil gape vpon suche reuersiouns and..asken hem or they befall. 1529 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. II. 13 I wold gladly..grawnte onto hym the revercion of such thinges as the lorde Sands hath ther. 1587 Lady Stafford in C. R. L. Fletcher (1885) I. 209 A reversion of the best lease. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada ii. 30 By the Kings procurement, Bishops were entituled to the reversions of Monasteries, after the abbots deceases. 1699 S. Garth v. 54 I give Reversions, and for Heirs provide. 1765 H. Walpole (ed. 2) v. 179 The principality of Otranto was a stronger temptation, than the contingent reversion of it with Matilda. 1795 E. Cooke Let. 7 Feb. in Duke of Buckingham (1853) II. 330 The first act was to claim the reversion recommended for him by Lord Westmoreland. 1837 J. G. Lockhart IV. vii. 211 The sudden death of his wife's brother,..who had bequeathed the reversion of his fortune to his sister's family. 1873 W. H. Dixon III. xv. iii. 148 Henry showed a sense of his great services by granting him the reversion of three manors in Essex. 1910 I. 494/2 Henry..left his possessions on his death in 1476 to his widow, with reversion to her family. 1983 J. Grigg in 27 Jan. 22/2 It was by marriage that they obtained the reversion of the Mowbrays' Norfolk inheritance. 2005 A. Weir 48 In April, Isabella was..given the reversion of the manor of Ellesmere. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss (1873) II. 61 [He] to whom the same tenementz after the deth of the tenauntes owen to..remayndre, come in to the..court..and shewe..the ryght of reversyoun [Fr. reversioun] or of the remayndre. 1442 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §12. m. 12 Savyng all way to you oure soverein lorde and youre heirs, the right, title and interesse of reversion of fee simple, that bene fallen, or may falle to you or to your heirs. 1523 J. Fitzherbert x. f. 11 If the gyfte were in the tayle and no remaynder in fe euer, nowe the reuercyon resteth styll in ye donor. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton (new ed.) f. xviiiv Yf a man let lande to another for terme of lyfe..sauynge to hym the reuercyon. 1628 E. Coke f. 142v In such case..it behoueth that the reuersion of the Lands and Tenements be in the Donor or Lessor. 1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) A reversion is to himself, from whom the Conveyance of the Land, &c. proceeded, and is commonly perpetual, as to his Heirs also. 1766 W. Blackstone II. 112 Vesting in the donor the ultimate fee-simple of the land, expectant on the failure of issue; which expectant estate is what we now call a reversion. 1841 XIX. 438/1 If a man seised in fee simple conveys lands to A for life, or in tail, he retains the reversion in fee simple. 1894 6 Mar. 7/1 The Commissioners of Woods and Forests had failed to establish the right of the Crown to a reversion in the particular denominations mentioned. 1967 (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 170 Reversion—The returning of an item of real estate to its grantor. 2006 S. D. Mau 299 It is difficult to ascertain whether a conditional fee simple or a determinable fee simple is being created because the end result, reversion of the estate to the grantor, is quite similar. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > right of redemption 1446 in C. Innes (1856) I. 105 I oblyis me..to get fra the forsaid Dauid..ane lettir of reuersioun of al the landis of the Tempilhil. 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton (1918) II. Introd. p. cxvii The some contenit in the reversioun of the mone that now rynnis. 1536 in J. Robertson (1857) III. 222 To this my rauersioun..I haue apensyt my propir seill..afoire thir witnes. 1563–4 I. 262 To ressave the sowmes of money and lettres of tak contenit in the lettres of reversioun maid thairupoun. c1600 A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 117 Suppose my silly saull with sin be seasde Ȝit the Reversiones rests that it redemes. 1621 (1816) IV. 610/1 And that notwithstanding of the preceiding lawes and practike of this kingdome by the whiche the legall reversioun of comprysit landis expyrit within sevin ȝeiris efter the leiding of the comprysing. c1626 H. Bisset (1920) I. 241 Anent registration of reversionis seasingis and uthiris wreittis first called the secreteris registere. 1637 S. Rutherford (1848) clx. 290 If I could, I would sell myself without reversion to Christ. 1681 J. Dalrymple i. x. 148 In Sale there may be Earnest interposed, or Reversion granted. 1681 J. Dalrymple i. xx. 400 Reversions are either Legal, arising from Law and Statute, and not from consent of parties, as are the Legal Reversions of Appryzings and Adjudications; or they are Conventional. 1708 J. Chamberlayne (1710) ii. iii. v. 443 The Scottish Wadsets and Reversions answer to the English Mortgages and Defeasances. a1768 J. Erskine (1773) I. ii. viii. §2 Reversions are either legal, which arise from the law itself,..or conventional, which are constituted by the agreement of the parties. 1838 W. Bell 828 The power of redemption is not lost by the currency of the forty years, provided the right of reversion has been recorded in the register of sasines. 1896 W. K. Morton 147 If lands were not redeemed by a fixed date the right of reversion should expire. 1905 A. Morison 28 This note..is a letter of reversion by James Skein in Bandodill in favour of William Blackhall. 1986 J. Wormald in W. Davies & P. Fouracre (2002) x. 200 A week after the contract was made..as assign to Ogilvy of that ilk, he had the letter of reversion of the lands of Sandlaw read out. 2004 A. Campbell (2006) 174 In 1726, the increasingly-desperate Cawdor sold his rights of reversion to this wadset for a further £6,000, enabling Shawfield to gain outright possession of the whole of Islay for a mere £12,000. 3. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > that which one expects to obtain a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) xxx. sig. Fii Ye be but lytell worth..whan ye are fayne to take the reuersion of these ladyes olde clothynge. 1579 S. Gosson f. 22 The verye hyerlings of some of our plaiers, which stand at reuersion of vi.s. by the weeke. 1634 T. Herbert 16 They haue all trickes possible to disfigure themselues, and to proue their Patrimony and Reuersions in Acheron. 1690 J. Crowne iii. 27 Here are now severall [ladies] wayting in their Coaches, to have the reversion of him. 1717 A. Pope Elegy Unfortunate Lady in 358 Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die? a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. iii. 115 He that suffers voluntarily in a righteous cause..purchases the reversion of an immense estate. 1823 T. De Quincey tr. ‘F. Laun’ Dice in Aug. 123/1 The Medical Institute was in the habit of purchasing from poor people..the reversion of their bodies. 1871 J. R. Macduff xiii. 171 It assures..of a reversion of glory—a fulness of bliss and joy. 1892 T. H. Huxley 15 Setting up Lutheran, Zwinglian, and other Peterkins, in the place of the actual claimant to the reversion of the spiritual wealth of the Galilean fisherman. 1904 10 115 Mrs. Abingdon left Drury Lane in 1782, and Elizabeth Farren, esteemed a worthy successor, enjoyed the reversion of her line of parts. 1993 A. J. Youngson (2001) x. 167 The bell-ringer of the Tron church is said to have had the reversion of his left-off cocked hats. the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > succession to an office, estate, etc. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. clv v An other euill vse is to geue out vousons of benefices, as it were in a reuertion, where an other mans death is wished and looked for. 1623 J. Webster iii. i. sig. Fv You haue not been..in prison, nor a Suitor at the Court Nor beg'd the reuersion of some great mans place. a1631 J. Donne (1633) 340 Hasts to an Offices reversion. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot ii. 158 Each Basha in his own life-time easily procuring the Reversion for his Son by means of good Presents. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in 16 Impotent Desire to Reign alone, That scorns the dull Reversion of a Throne. 1780 No. 78 Looking out for some snug office, or reversion, to which my interest with several powerful friends might recommend me. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ x. 64 If Ireland is gone, where are jobs? where are reversions? 1879 (new ed.) IV. 291/1 He wrote many letters, requesting his friend's permission to apply for a grant of the reversion of it, and even offered to resign in his favour. 1903 J. J. Le B. Hammond iv. 64 The Rockingham party..put forward Portland as their candidate for the reversion of Rockingham's office. 1973 S. Reynolds tr. F. Braudel (1995) II. iv. ii. 688 The Crown could and often did reassert its rights, either by force, or by adhering strictly to the statutory time-limit on reversion of office. 2004 W. H. Bryson in C. H. van Rhee 49 On 10 February 1567, Bernard Hampton was given the reversion to the office after Henry Fanshawe. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance policy > associated expense, amount, or charge 1768 II. 177 The scandalous superlucration of pensions and reversions. 1792 R. Price (ed. 5) I. 281 Data for computing accurately the values of all life-annuities and reversions. 1841 XIX. 430/1 The value of a reversion depends in a very easy manner upon the value of the corresponding annuity. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards ii. 72 The Act already passed must give great satisfaction to purchasers of reversions. 1905 36 Reversion Purchase Company, Limited. Established 1878. Business—Purchase of Reversions and Life Interests. 1990 L. Neal iii. 52 To begin systematic purchase of reversions of single life annuities. II. Senses relating to reversal, return, or residue. 5. the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun] > action or fact of being turned the reverse way a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Caius 336/725) (1970) 31 Of reuersioun of þe browis [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. reuersacioun of the palpebrez; ?c1425 Paris turnynge vpwarde of the eyȝe liddes; L. reuersatione palpebrarum], of inuiscacioun of þe browis. 1677 R. Plot 230 A pretty stiff string..may turn the hand upon change of weather in the punctum of reversion. 1698 (Royal Soc.) 20 412 Which goes from the North to the South-East all the Year about; except where there are Reversions of Breezes, and In-Letts near the Land. 1728 E. Chambers at Abatement Reversion is either turning the whole Escutcheon upside-down; or the adding another Escutcheon, inverted, in the former. 1766 S. Foreman tr. J.-H.-S. Formey lxxi. 225 It is not by a reversion of the order of things, that we place here this branch of knowledge as the last. 1802 (Royal Soc.) 92 373 With heavy spar, the instances of reversion are very numerous. a1856 W. Hamilton (1859) II. xli. 415 By a total reversion of the whole analogy of his psychology. 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 662 What reflections occupied his mind during the process of reversion of the inverted volumes? 1977 9 Apr. 773/2 To destroy a tumour this situation must be reversed. One approach to achieve such a reversion is to inhibit the rate of cell production. 2002 R. Luzzi et al. p. xxx This makes possible a reversion of the usual line of thought in Statistical Mechanics. the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [noun] > correspondence > inverting 1698 A. de Moivre in (Royal Soc.) 20 191 This Theorem may be applied to what is called the Reversion of Series, such as finding the Number from its Logarithm given; the Sine from the Arc. 1737 Mar. 135/1 He himself has given us the Value of v above by Reversion. 1797 XVII. 297/2 Reversion of Series is the method of finding the value of the quantity whose several powers are involved in a series, in terms of the quantity which is equal to the given series. 1841 XIX. 437/1 If y be a given series of powers of x, the determination of x in a series of functions of y is not called inversion, but reversion. 1919 F. Cajori (ed. 2) 227 Thomas Simpson determined roots by reversion of series in 1743 and by infinite series in 1745. 2003 A. Heck (ed. 3) xi. 272 A problem..which can be solved as a problem of series reversion, is the computation of the series expansion of the solution of Kepler's equation. †6. the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > left-over food c1450 (1904) I. 247 (MED) He bad a childe go feche þe reuersion of a pulett þat was sett in a kiste. c1450 (1905) II. 364/20 (MED) Sho gaff hym..poysen to drynk..And when he felid þat it was venom, he garte hur drynke of þe reuercion. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in (1790) 171 The said gentleman-usher, sewer,..& yeomen-ushers,..to have the reversion of the said service. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Mark vi. 48 After the feast was done, the Apostles..gathered together the reuersion. 1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgr. in (1630) 125/2 We eate a substantiall dinner, & like miserable Guests we did budget vp the reuersions. 1650 T. Fuller ii. vii. 159 The dogs eat her up to the reversion of her skull, palmes of her hands, and feet. 1704 J. Swift ix. 180 The best Part of his Diet, is the Reversion of his own Ordure. 1713 W. Taverner i. ii. 8 She's like to have but a cold Reversion..; there is not so much left in him, as will serve for one Meal. 1816 W. Scott I. ix. 190 Let Lovel and I have forthwith the reliques of the chicken-pie, and the reversion of the port. 1875 Capt. Houstoun in F. T. Buckland (1883) 204 They had been in the habit of following their amphibious neighbour and coming in for the reversion of the epicure's meal. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest c1450 (1905) II. 475 Sodanly þer come a grete wynd & blew all down, and efter þat þer come ane erde-quake & shuke down þe reuersyon. 1591 R. Greene f. 9 Vipers of the world, & an excrementall reuersion of sin. 1596 T. Lodge 27 In his bosom he beares his handkerchiefe made of the reuersion of his old tablecloth. 1608 E. Topsell 6 That the reuersion of their bodies should after death turne into Serpents. 1650 T. Fuller iii. 409 The..whole company of this Remnant, or rather, Reversion of the Jews. 1740 G. Lillo ii. i. 28 This distant glimpse of hope, this poor reversion, To one that loves as I do, is despair. 7. society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 49 The vi dayes folowyng betokeneþ þe reuersioun of his peple in-to Jerusalem. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) I. 219/2 After his reuersion home, [he] was spoyled also of al yt he brought with him. 1637 T. Nabbes ii. i. sig. C ijv I was..bred up in Mars his Fencing-schoole: where I..learn't..Time, motion and action; progression, reversion, and traversion; blowes thrusts, falses [etc.]. 1696 T. Brookhouse 14 This..was the Sign of Dispersion, and it will..be the Sign of their Reversion. 1707 T. Hearne (1886) II. 17 The Bp...homeward made Reversion. 1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero ii. 144 The Sun..every Year makes two contrary Reversions from the extreme Part. the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] 1547 Queen Katherine Parr sig. A.viiv Christ reioysed in ye conuersion of sinners, & I was not greued to see their reuercion to sinne. 1614 T. Adams i. 31 We are not onely guilty of auersion from God, but of aduersion against God; Oh where is our reuersion to God? 1661 K. W. 16 That Army, whose idle lives hate the mention of a revertion to their wonted druggery. 1744 H. Brooke Female Seducers in E. Moore xv. 134 As erst Medusa's looks were known To turn beholders into stone, A dire reversion here they felt, And in the eye of Pleasure melt. 1760 V. Des Voeux ii. vii. 458 The reversion to earth, and the reversion to God, must have been expressed by the same preposition. 1843 4 Jan. 1/3 The recent reversion from the Probation to the Assignment System, in Van Dieman's Land, a country previously enjoying abundant and cheap labour, has rendered nearly two thousand prisoners eligible for private service. 1865 24 June 750 The intelligence..of two rather remarkable ‘reversions’ marks a critical point in the history of the Church of Rome. 1930 K. N. Llewellyn in 30 449 A sophisticated reversion to a sophisticated realism. 1990 S. Maitland (1991) i. iii. 50 Her sudden reversion to childish enthusiasm made both the older women smile. the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > production unlike parents > atavism 1833 W. Blackadder in 4 No. 23. 699 (title) On the probability of the reversion of wheat into grass. 1859 C. Darwin v. 162 We could not have told, whether these characters in our domestic breeds were reversions or only analogous variations. 1880 14 193 An extension of the principle of reversion to all kinds of variation now observed in domesticated animals. 1903 28 Feb. 613/2 It may be concluded..that human polymastism is a reversion to a primitive condition in which many glands were developed and many young were brought forth at a birth. 1962 37 6/2 Reversion of the adult, scale-like type of leaf to the acicular form occasionally occurs in the heterophyllous species. 2009 (National ed.) 28 Apr. d1/2 There are no known cases in primate evolution of a wholesale reversion to some ancestor in its lineage. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > return of a courtesy 1601 W. I. sig. F2 Ye perhaps, as Satyre, argue well, Yet sought not for reuersion of the praise. 1644 J. Vicars 133 The Cavaliers were more wise and craftie, then to stay and wait upon their so eager enemies reversion of courtesie. the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > viral diseases > associated with food or crop plants 1918 A. H. Lees in (Univ. Bristol) 25 Reversion in black currants is..nearly always gradual in its appearance. 1937 K. M. Smith ii. 99 Fruits of black currant plants suffering from reversion either do not form at all..or the fruits may begin to form, in which case development is soon arrested. 1983 (Royal Soc.) B. 302 519 The incidence of blackcurrant reversion disease. 2009 (Nexis) 30 May 25 Inspect the buds in late winter, or count the lobes of the leaves. There should be five. If there are only three, then it's most likely reversion virus. Phrases in reversion. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [phrase] 1426 in (1837) IV. 249 (MED) Þe seide lorde shall yeve and graunte..to þe seide John and Anne in demene, reuersion, possession, and in seruice, þe Maner of Radon. 1581 T. Lupton sig. X.iii He wente to the Abbot, to whom the same did belong, and desired to take ye same Farme in reuersion of him and the Couent. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Expectative Benefices conferez en expectative, in reversion, or expectance. 1690–1700 sig. Civv That there be no Leases let in revertion but one year before the ould Lease be expired. 1697 No. 3296/4 Part being in present possession, and the other in Reversion after the death of a Joyntress. 1728 E. Chambers at Covine As, if a Tenant for Life conspire with another that this other shall recover the Land which the Tenant holds in prejudice of him in reversion. ?1768–9 (1771) I. 318/1 An annuity is said to be in reversion, when the purchaser..does not immediately enter upon possession. 1841 XIX. 430/1 A contract to pay 100l. at the death of a given individual is 100l. in reversion to the executors of that individual. 1898 J. M. Lightwood in X. 237 In possession: as applied to an estate or interest, these words usually mean that the right is immediate, and not in reversion, remainder, or expectancy. 1967 (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 72 Estate in Reversion, the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the termination of some particular estate granted out by him. 1983 B. A. K. Rider iv. 250 An interest in shares or debentures in reversion or remainder is disregarded so long as someone is entitled to receive..income from trust property comprising shares or debentures. 1542–3 c. 20 (title) An act to embarre feined recoueries of landes, wherin the kinges maiestie is in reuercion. 1625 in R. F. Williams (1849) (modernized text) II. 502 Mr. Gibson..who had in reversion the master-gunnership of England. a1680 S. Butler (1759) I. 408 A Cat, you know, is said to have nine Lives, that is eight in Reversion and one in Possession. 1709 J. Swift 8 Time..gives them a Lease in Reversion, to continue their Works after their Death. 1758 B. Thornton 22 July 121 The prospect of too good a Fortune in reversion when I married her. 1801 III. 44 Thinking she would be sooner reconciled to an event which had actually taken place..than to one in reversion. 1858 T. De Quincey Greece under Romans (rev. ed.) in VIII. 317 It is hardly ‘in the dice’ that any downright novelty of fact should remain in reversion for this nineteenth century. 1930 28 903 A judicial office could not be granted in reversion because though never so fit, the grantee might become unfit before the grant was to take effect. 1995 46 374 George Buc was knighted, and granted the office of Master of the Revels in reversion, in 1603. Compounds 1844 C. Davidson I. ii. vi. 344 It has become a common practice to omit the reversion clause, and that practice has accordingly been adopted in the latter volumes of these precedents. 1933 P. Godfrey vi. 74 He should have a reversion clause in his contract, so that if in any year his play is not performed a certain number of times the rights will revert to him. 1998 B. Bunnin xiii. 276 Do your best to negotiate a termination and reversion clause that permits you and those who built the multimedia product with you to continue working together. 1844 41 The most glaring instances of the kind is the exemption from the probate and reversion duties in landed successions. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh II. 1554/1 Reversion duty, a duty formerly payable under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, in certain cases on the determination of leases more than twenty-one years. 1990 M. Fforde iv. 111 The Scrutton judgement and the Marquis of Camden case nullified the undeveloped land duty and blunted the teeth of the reversion duty. 1809 E. S. Barrett III. 3 Can one of these reversion mongers stand forward, and assert without blushing, that his services merit even the place he holds in possession! 1869 A. M. Mayer tr. J. C. F. Zöllner in 58 407 The principal of the reversion of the spectra which forms the basis of the instrument and which determines me to give it the name of Reversion-Spectroscope may also be applied without the use of the Amici system of prisms. 1933 S. W. Cole (ed. 9) x. 255 By measurements of the position of the α-band by means of Hartridge's reversion spectroscope, the percentage of CO can be determined. 2001 34 446 The first instrument was his astro-photometer. The other two were a protuberance device and a reversion spectroscope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reversionn.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, version n. Etymology: < re- prefix + version n. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > again > into original language 1755 in R. Dodsley IV. 247 (heading) The Author had given the Reversion of it. 1787 J. Gilchrist I. Pref. p. xliii The exercise of translation and reversion recommended in the Persian grammar, must be attended with great advantages. 1814 W. Taylor in 74 311 The task of version and reversion is not to be recommended merely to the linguist, but also to the poet. 1843 (title) Hints to servants: being a poetical and modernised reversion of Dean Swift's ‘Directions to Servants’, by an Upper Servant. 1905 A. C. Coolidge xi. 112 Wasn't it splendid his re-version of Cromwell's order? 1991 May 11/1 Are there times when it is better to leave out-of-print books with your publisher instead of demanding reversions? society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific manner 1848 D. G. Rossetti Sept. (1965) I. 44 His last design is a re-version from Retzsch's outline of the same subject. 1991 C. Bongie iii. 78 Briefly comparing a painting from Gauguin's first years on the island with a later re-version of, and reversion to, that ‘naively’ exotic work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1a1325 n.21755 |