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Cyma reversaCyma Cy"ma (s[imac]"m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma. See Cyme]
1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of
which is wavelike in form.
2. (Bot.) A cyme. See Cyme.
Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and
swelling below.
Cyma reversa, or Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper
part and hollow below. Disreverence
Disreverence Dis*rev"er*ence, v. t.
To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] --Sir T.
More.
ForeverForever For*ev"er, adv. [For, prep. + ever.]
1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
2. At all times; always.
Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and
printed as two separate words; but, in the United
States, the general practice is to make but a single
word of them.
Forever and ever, an emphatic ``forever.'
Syn: Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably;
incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly;
ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly;
eternally. Forever and everForever For*ev"er, adv. [For, prep. + ever.]
1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
2. At all times; always.
Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and
printed as two separate words; but, in the United
States, the general practice is to make but a single
word of them.
Forever and ever, an emphatic ``forever.'
Syn: Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably;
incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly;
ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly;
eternally. Irreverend
Irreverend Ir*rev"er*end, a.
Irreverent. [Obs.]
Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. --Strype.
Irreverently
Irreverently Ir*rev"er*ent*ly, adv.
In an irreverent manner.
Irreversibility
Irreversibility Ir`re*vers`i*bil"i*ty, n.
The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.
Irreversible
Irreversible Ir`re*vers"i*ble, a.
1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back;
incapable of being made to run backward; as, an
irreversible engine.
2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or
annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal,
so neither is it final and irreversible. --Jortin.
Syn: Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.
Irreversible steering gear
Irreversible steering gear Ir`re*vers"i*ble steering gear
(Mach.)
A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the
road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but
easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever.
Irreversibleness
Irreversibleness Ir`re*vers"i*ble*ness, n.
The state or quality of being irreversible.
Irreversibly
Irreversibly Ir`re*vers"i*bly, adv.
In an irreversible manner.
Live-foreverLive-forever Live"-for*ev`er, n. (Bot.)
A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has
extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine. live-foreverOrpine Or"pine, n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which
includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a
common species (Sedum acre). See Orpiment.] (Bot.)
A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having
clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places,
and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in
America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever.
[Written also orpin.] Most Reverend Father in GodFather Fa"ther, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS.
fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa?ir Sw. & Dan.
fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. ?????, Skr. pitr, perh. fr.
Skr. p[=a] protect. ???,???. Cf. Papa, Paternal,
Patriot, Potential, Pablum.]
1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent.
A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or
family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.
David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii.
10.
Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16.
3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix.
16.
He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house. --Gen. xiv. 8.
4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.
And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him
[Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!
--2 Kings
xiii. 14.
5. A senator of ancient Rome.
6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a
confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest;
also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a
legislative assembly, etc.
Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak.
7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first
centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as
the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a
producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any
art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or
teacher.
The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
--Gen. iv. 21.
Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak.
The father of good news. --Shak.
9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first
person in the Trinity.
Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9.
Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent
down his eye. --Milton.
Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another,
treating it as his own.
Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under
Apostolic, Conscript, etc.
Father in God, a title given to bishops.
Father of lies, the Devil.
Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar.
Fathers of the city, the aldermen.
Father of the Faithful.
(a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9.
(b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.
Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who
has had the longest continuous service.
Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops
and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and
York.
Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child.
Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of an
illegitimate child; the supposed father.
Spiritual father.
(a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in
leading a soul to God.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the
sacrament of penance.
The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope. Prevertebral
Prevertebral Pre*ver"te*bral, a. (Anat.)
Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the
vertebral column; prespinal.
Punto reversoPunto Pun"to, n. [It. punto, L. punctum point. See Point.]
(Fencing)
A point or hit.
Punto diritto [It.], a direct stroke or hit.
Punto reverso [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke.
--Halliwell. ``Ah, the immortal passado! the punto
reverso!' --Shak. Reverb
Reverb Re*verb", v. t.
To echo. [Obs.] --Shak.
ReverberateReverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
--Shak.
2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
flame is reverberated in a furnace.
3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] ``Reverberated
into glass.' --Sir T. Browne. Reverberate
Reverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. i.
1. To resound; to echo.
2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of
light; to be echoed, as sound.
Reverberate
Reverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of
reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare
to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
1. Reverberant. [Obs.] ``The reverberate hills.' --Shak.
2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.
ReverberatedReverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
--Shak.
2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
flame is reverberated in a furnace.
3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] ``Reverberated
into glass.' --Sir T. Browne. ReverberatingReverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
--Shak.
2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
flame is reverberated in a furnace.
3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] ``Reverberated
into glass.' --Sir T. Browne. Reverberative
Reverberative Re*ver"ber*a*tive, a.
Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate;
reflective.
This reverberative influence is that which we have
intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its
centers. --I. Taylor.
Reverberator
Reverberator Re*ver"ber*a`tor, n.
One who, or that which, produces reverberation.
Reverberatory
Reverberatory Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry, n.
A reverberatory furnace.
ReverberatoryReverberatory Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry, a.
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
reverberative.
Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace. Reverberatory furnaceReverberatory Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry, a.
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
reverberative.
Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace. Reverdure
Reverdure Re*ver"dure, v. t.
To cover again with verdure. --Ld. Berners.
ReverenceReverence Rev"er*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverenced; p.
pr. & vb. n. Reverencing.]
To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and
affection mingled with fear; to venerate.
Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband.
--Eph. v. 33.
Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. --Shak. ReverencedReverence Rev"er*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverenced; p.
pr. & vb. n. Reverencing.]
To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and
affection mingled with fear; to venerate.
Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband.
--Eph. v. 33.
Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. --Shak.
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