单词 | ranverse |
释义 | † ranversen. Obsolete. rare. 1. The reverse side of a coin. Also figurative. Cf. reverse n. 2a(a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin pilea1393 cross and pile1584 reverse1605 averse1655 ranverse1656 obverse1658 heads1675 tail1684 endorse1688 woman1785 mazard1802 man1828 mick1918 1656 F. Osborne Advice to Son (ed. 4) iii. §10. 88 Policy..stamps them with the Image of the Devill, and on their Ranverse Punishment and Shame. 1658 T. Pecke Advice to Balam's Ass 21 He..would become fit to receive the impresse of supream Authority; Being Stampt with Honour on the forepart, and bearing on the Ranverse Regall Favour and Munificency. 2. The opposite of something previously stated; the other side of a case. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite point halfa885 part1485 counterpoint1599 ranverse1675 counterposition1861 contrapositive1870 countertype1880 antitype1926 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 305 As it is a Ridiculous procedure, to make the sound of words the Measure of our Interpretation, so is it no less perverse a Method, to Expound Scripture by the Ranverse, and go just cross to the sound of words. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. viii. 307 This will more evidently appear, if we take the Ranverse of the case, thus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1656 |
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