reverser

English

Etymology

reverse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• thrust reverser

See also

• reverser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• reserver, reverers

Danish

Noun

reverser c or n

1. indefinite plural of revers

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ verser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.vɛʁ.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

reverser

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of reverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	reverser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reversant /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		reversé /ʁə.vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reverse /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reverses /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reverse /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reversons /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	reversez /ʁə.vɛʁ.se/	reversent /ʁə.vɛʁs/
	imperfect	reversais /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɛ/	reversais /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɛ/	reversait /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɛ/	reversions /ʁə.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	reversiez /ʁə.vɛʁ.sje/	reversaient /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	reversai /ʁə.vɛʁ.se/	reversas /ʁə.vɛʁ.sa/	reversa /ʁə.vɛʁ.sa/	reversâmes /ʁə.vɛʁ.sam/	reversâtes /ʁə.vɛʁ.sat/	reversèrent /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	reverserai /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	reverseras /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	reversera /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	reverserons /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	reverserez /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	reverseront /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reverserais /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	reverserais /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	reverserait /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	reverserions /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	reverseriez /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	reverseraient /ʁə.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	reverse /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reverses /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reverse /ʁə.vɛʁs/	reversions /ʁə.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	reversiez /ʁə.vɛʁ.sje/	reversent /ʁə.vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	reversasse /ʁə.vɛʁ.sas/	reversasses /ʁə.vɛʁ.sas/	reversât /ʁə.vɛʁ.sa/	reversassions /ʁə.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	reversassiez /ʁə.vɛʁ.sa.sje/	reversassent /ʁə.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reverse /ʁə.vɛʁs/	—	reversons /ʁə.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	reversez /ʁə.vɛʁ.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• reversement

Further reading

• “reverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• réserver

Latin

Verb

reverser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reversō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

reverser

1. imperative of reversere

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reversō.

Verb

reverser

1. to invert (turn upside down)

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of reverser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reverser			avoir reversé
gerund		en reversant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reversant
past participle		reversé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	revers	reverses	reverse	reversons	reversez	reversent
	imperfect	reversoie, reverseie, reversoe, reverseve	reversoies, reverseies, reversoes, reverseves	reversoit, reverseit, reversot, reverseve	reversiiens, reversiens	reversiiez, reversiez	reversoient, reverseient, reversoent, reversevent
	preterite	reversai	reversas	reversa	reversames	reversastes	reverserent
	future	reverserai	reverseras	reversera	reverserons	reverseroiz, reversereiz, reverserez	reverseront
	conditional	reverseroie, reversereie	reverseroies, reversereies	reverseroit, reversereit	reverseriiens, reverseriens	reverseriiez, reverseriez	reverseroient, reversereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	revers	revers	reverst	reversons	reversez	reversent
	imperfect	reversasse	reversasses	reversast	reversissons, reversissiens	reversissoiz, reversissez, reversissiez	reversassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	reverse	—	reversons	reversez	—

Descendants

• → English: reverse
• French: reverser

Swedish

Noun

reverser

1. indefinite plural of revers

Anagrams

• reserver