renverse

See also: renversé

English

Etymology

Old French renverser. Equivalent to re- +‎ inverse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪnˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

renverse (third-person singular simple present renverses, present participle renversing, simple past and past participle renversed)

Obsolete form of reverse.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 41:
  whose shield he bears renverst

Adjective

renverse (not comparable)

(heraldry) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

Synonyms

(heraldry): renversé

Anagrams

renerves, venerers

French

Verb

renverse

inflection of renverser:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

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