Reversion definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary REVER'SION, n. [L. reversio ... granted. Thus when there is a gift in tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any special reservation, vested in ... Succession; right to future possession or enjoyment. 4. In algebra, reversion of series, a kind of reversed operation of an infinite ... mutation) 3: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback] 4: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround] 5: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion] 6: a failure to maintain a higher ...
Reversion of series definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Reversion Re*ver"sion, n. [F. r['e]version, L. reversio ... act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought ... 2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.] The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked ... Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism. Reversion of series (Alg.), the act of reverting a series. See ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary REVER'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to a reversion, that is, to be enjoyed in succession, or after the ... 2005) adj 1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest" Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1720 of, relating to, constituting, or involving especially a legal reversion Webster's 1913 Dictionary Reversionary Re*ver"sion*a*ry, a. (Law) Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination ...
... Not used.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in ... s I. noun Etymology: Middle English eschete, from Anglo-French, reversion of property, from escheir to fall, devolve, from Vulgar Latin ... chance Date: 14th century 1. escheated property 2. a. the reversion of lands in English feudal law to the lord of ... heirs capable of inheriting under the original grant b. the reversion of property to the crown in England or to the ... adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. hist. --n. 1 the reversion of property to the State, or (in feudal law) to ... 1. (Law) (a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the ...
... n 1: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French atavisme, from Latin ... and usually due to genetic recombination b. recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity < architectural ... ancestors rather than to parents in plants or animals. 2 reversion to an earlier type. Derivatives: atavistic adj. atavistically adv. Etymology ... its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form. (b) (Biol.) The recurrence of any ... then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character. --J. Fiske Moby Thesaurus ... recollection, recrudescence, recurrence, regression, relapse, remembrance, renewal, return, reversal, reverse, reversion, screen memory, senility, seniority, setback, skill, souvenir, tape memory, ...
... 1828 Dictionary REVER'SIONER, n. The person who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a ... law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1614 one that has or is entitled to a reversion; broadly one having a vested right to a future estate ... Re*ver"sion*er, n. (Law) One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a ...
... regression] 4: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1597 1. the ... aging (2) gradual loss of memories and acquired skills c. reversion to an earlier mental or behavioral level d. a functional ... a return to a former state. 2 a relapse or reversion. 3 Psychol. a return to an earlier stage of development ... to immaturity, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revulsion, rising, run, rush, set, setback, sideward motion, sinking ...
... throwback] 2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1888 1. a. reversion to an earlier type or phase ; atavism b. an instance or product of atavistic reversion 2. one that is suggestive of or suited to an ... retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversion, rollback, setback, severe check, sternway
... rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 2: undergo reversion, as in a mutation Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Etymology ... or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion 3. to return to an ancestral type • reverter noun • revertible ... etc. 2 intr. (of property, an office, etc.) return by reversion. 3 intr. fall back into a wild state. 4 tr ...
... the opposite direction 6: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround] v 1: change to the contrary ... retroversion, retrovert, return, returning, reversal, reverse of fortune, reversed, reversing, reversion, revert, reverting, revoke, revolve, revulsion, right-about, right-about-face ...
... maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting] v 1: pass into a specified state or condition ... retrogression, retroversion, retrovert, retrusion, return, return to, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion, revert, revert to, reverting, revulsion, roll on, rollback, run, run ...
... backward] 2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion] v 1: go back to a statistical means ... retrogression, retroversion, retrovert, retrusion, return, return to, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion, revert, revert to, reverting, revulsion, rise, rollback, rotate, run, setback ...