retroversionn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈvəːʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtrəˈvərʒ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s– retroversion; also Scottish pre-1700 retrouersione.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin retrovers- , retrovertere , -ion suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin retrovers-, past participial stem of retrovertere retrovert v. + -ion suffix¹. Compare French rétroversion (1632 in uncertain sense in an isolated attestation in a theological context, subsequently from 1783 in sense 3a). Compare retro- prefix and earlier reversion n.¹ N.E.D. (1908) also gives the pronunciation (rītrovə·ɹʃən) /riːtrəʊˈvəʃən/.

†1. Scots Law. Rescission, revocation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun]

revoking1395

revocationc1400

cassationc1425

annulling1449

reclamationa1475

annulmenta1492

retractation1531

disannulling1533

abrogation1535

cancellation1535

retraction1536

extinguishment1537

undoing1540

abrenunciation1557

revocating1570

reversement1572

revokement1573

annihilation1579

revocatory1579

annullity1586

retroversion1587

rescission1594

recall1597

recision1606

disannulment1611

repeal1612

rasurea1616

cancelment1621

retractinga1624

cancelling1631

extinction1651

circumduction1726

cassing1844

recallment1845

cancel1884

1587 in T. Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 69 Full power to..put the said John and Cristiane his spous, in..possession of the foirsaid manse..to be brukit be thame..in all punctis, but [= without] retrouersione.

a. The action of turning something back; reversion to a former state or situation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > turning backwards

retorsion1605

retortion1608

retroversion1661

1661 G. Wither Triple Paradox 31 When the world intendeth me a shame By retroversion to convert the same To that, which from bespattrings purifies.

1724 Let. Tully & Hirtius Reconciled in Bibliotheca Literaria No. viii. 31 That there was such a Retroversion of the Months..will appear from a short View of the Reformation made by Caesar.

1735 J. Walton Minute Philosopher Fully Answer'd 18 Their isochronal Increments must be made to vanish by a Retroversion of the Motion.

1831 Views in Theol. Nov. 29 A supernatural suspension and retroversion of the laws of nature must be accomplished.

1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xvii. 238 There is something fearful in the length to which this retroversion may be carried.

1926 Proc. Musical Assoc. 52nd Sess. 110 The retroversion to the older beliefs in the cosmical-musical influences.

1981 Times 1 May 19/4 We forecast changes of cataclysmic proportions in the movement and it is our primary intention to survive the retroversion that will inevitably occur in 1981.

1997 Independent (Nexis) 28 June 16 Chinese people everywhere should rightfully feel a sense of pride at the retroversion of Hong Kong to the motherland.

b. The action or an act of looking back; contemplation of the past.

ΚΠ

1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 366/2 What mystery lurks in this retroversion?

1880 in S. B. Brittan Battle-ground Spiritual Reformation 44 This mental retroversion which looks with averted eyes into the dead past for the greatest light and the highest wisdom.

1926 S. D. Porteus & M. E. Babcock Temperament & Race iii. vii. 80 If we add to the racial characteristics of the Chinese the quality of retroversion.

2002 Critique (Nexis) 43 228 Through this first retroversion to the summer of 1948, the narrator reveals..the image Kate has of herself as a young woman.

a. Medicine. The condition (of the uterus) of being retroverted (retroverted adj. 2); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of female > disorders of womb

fallinga1400

retroversion1771

physometra1772

hysteritis1781

anteversion1790

metritis1807

anteflexion1833

uteritisa1836

antroversion1840

metroperitonitis1845

metrophlebitis1845

hydatidiform mole1859

retroflexion1860

parametritis1869

perimetritis1869

cervicitis1889

mesometritis1890

adenomyoma1913

breakthrough bleeding1950

1771 W. Hunter in Med. Observ. & Inq. IV. 401 (note) This case has been called the inversion of the uterus; but as the term is equivocal, we may be allowed to introduce the word retroversion.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 173 Retroversion is..seldom found except in pregnancy, and between the third and fourth months.

1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 45 One of the symptoms of such inflammation he considers to be retroversion of the uterus.

1923 Lancet 16 June 1216/1 Retroversion was often a cause of dysmenorrhœa in a virgin, and could be cured by reposition of the uterus.

1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) i. 6 Such retroversion does not cause infertility.

1991 G. Greer Change iv. 100 By the turn of the century gynaecologists were loudly insisting on a close relationship between the uterus and the brain, which they demonstrated by pointing to women whose insanity had been cured by correcting ‘retroversions’ and prolapses, and by oophorectomy and hysterectomy.

b. gen. The state or condition of being turned or displaced backwards.In quot. 1790 in a figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun]

turning1536

inversion1598

reversing1610

topsy-turvy1655

resupination1661

canting1769

retroversion1790

supernaculum1827

upturning1846

upending1968

1790 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Wisdom Angels Conc. Divine Providence 589 All Things of their Minds and Bodies were in a State of Retroversion [L. retro versa erant], and could not be contrarywise retorted or wrested.

1877 Rep. Cases Circuit Court U.S.: 1st Circuit 1 499 The return of the wire..does not mean necessarily a retroversion of the wire in the same direction.

1887 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) II. xli. 297 The retroversion of the anthers in Gentiana was first described by myself in the Flora Antarctica as characteristic of the southern species.

1904 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20 182 The oblique direction or partial retroversion of this pollex claw.

1997 Nature 22 May 350/1 The pubis is at a dromaeosaurid grade of retroversion.

4. Retranslation of a translated text into its original language; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > again > into original language

retranslation1660

reversion1755

retroversion1881

intertranslatability1951

1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church iv. 92 What he thinks in Greek will not so naturally lend itself to retroversion into the Hebrew idiom.

1892 Classical Rev. Feb. 71/2 The Latin texts from which the exercises for retroversion are drawn.

1938 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 57 266 Some awkward constructions..are cleared up by retroversion into Aramaic.

1991 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 468 He there made the important proposal to see in the Latin text not the original Roman text but a retroversion from Greek.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retroversion
释义	retroversionn. Brit. /ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈvəːʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəˈvərʒ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s– retroversion; also Scottish pre-1700 retrouersione. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin retrovers- , retrovertere , -ion suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin retrovers-, past participial stem of retrovertere retrovert v. + -ion suffix¹. Compare French rétroversion (1632 in uncertain sense in an isolated attestation in a theological context, subsequently from 1783 in sense 3a). Compare retro- prefix and earlier reversion n.¹ N.E.D. (1908) also gives the pronunciation (rītrovə·ɹʃən) /riːtrəʊˈvəʃən/. †1. Scots Law. Rescission, revocation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 1587 in T. Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 69 Full power to..put the said John and Cristiane his spous, in..possession of the foirsaid manse..to be brukit be thame..in all punctis, but [= without] retrouersione. 2. a. The action of turning something back; reversion to a former state or situation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > turning backwards retorsion1605 retortion1608 retroversion1661 1661 G. Wither Triple Paradox 31 When the world intendeth me a shame By retroversion to convert the same To that, which from bespattrings purifies. 1724 Let. Tully & Hirtius Reconciled in Bibliotheca Literaria No. viii. 31 That there was such a Retroversion of the Months..will appear from a short View of the Reformation made by Caesar. 1735 J. Walton Minute Philosopher Fully Answer'd 18 Their isochronal Increments must be made to vanish by a Retroversion of the Motion. 1831 Views in Theol. Nov. 29 A supernatural suspension and retroversion of the laws of nature must be accomplished. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xvii. 238 There is something fearful in the length to which this retroversion may be carried. 1926 Proc. Musical Assoc. 52nd Sess. 110 The retroversion to the older beliefs in the cosmical-musical influences. 1981 Times 1 May 19/4 We forecast changes of cataclysmic proportions in the movement and it is our primary intention to survive the retroversion that will inevitably occur in 1981. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 28 June 16 Chinese people everywhere should rightfully feel a sense of pride at the retroversion of Hong Kong to the motherland. b. The action or an act of looking back; contemplation of the past. ΚΠ 1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 366/2 What mystery lurks in this retroversion? 1880 in S. B. Brittan Battle-ground Spiritual Reformation 44 This mental retroversion which looks with averted eyes into the dead past for the greatest light and the highest wisdom. 1926 S. D. Porteus & M. E. Babcock Temperament & Race iii. vii. 80 If we add to the racial characteristics of the Chinese the quality of retroversion. 2002 Critique (Nexis) 43 228 Through this first retroversion to the summer of 1948, the narrator reveals..the image Kate has of herself as a young woman. 3. a. Medicine. The condition (of the uterus) of being retroverted (retroverted adj. 2); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of female > disorders of womb fallinga1400 retroversion1771 physometra1772 hysteritis1781 anteversion1790 metritis1807 anteflexion1833 uteritisa1836 antroversion1840 metroperitonitis1845 metrophlebitis1845 hydatidiform mole1859 retroflexion1860 parametritis1869 perimetritis1869 cervicitis1889 mesometritis1890 adenomyoma1913 breakthrough bleeding1950 1771 W. Hunter in Med. Observ. & Inq. IV. 401 (note) This case has been called the inversion of the uterus; but as the term is equivocal, we may be allowed to introduce the word retroversion. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 173 Retroversion is..seldom found except in pregnancy, and between the third and fourth months. 1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 45 One of the symptoms of such inflammation he considers to be retroversion of the uterus. 1923 Lancet 16 June 1216/1 Retroversion was often a cause of dysmenorrhœa in a virgin, and could be cured by reposition of the uterus. 1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) i. 6 Such retroversion does not cause infertility. 1991 G. Greer Change iv. 100 By the turn of the century gynaecologists were loudly insisting on a close relationship between the uterus and the brain, which they demonstrated by pointing to women whose insanity had been cured by correcting ‘retroversions’ and prolapses, and by oophorectomy and hysterectomy. b. gen. The state or condition of being turned or displaced backwards.In quot. 1790 in a figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun] turning1536 inversion1598 reversing1610 topsy-turvy1655 resupination1661 canting1769 retroversion1790 supernaculum1827 upturning1846 upending1968 1790 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Wisdom Angels Conc. Divine Providence 589 All Things of their Minds and Bodies were in a State of Retroversion [L. retro versa erant], and could not be contrarywise retorted or wrested. 1877 Rep. Cases Circuit Court U.S.: 1st Circuit 1 499 The return of the wire..does not mean necessarily a retroversion of the wire in the same direction. 1887 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) II. xli. 297 The retroversion of the anthers in Gentiana was first described by myself in the Flora Antarctica as characteristic of the southern species. 1904 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20 182 The oblique direction or partial retroversion of this pollex claw. 1997 Nature 22 May 350/1 The pubis is at a dromaeosaurid grade of retroversion. 4. Retranslation of a translated text into its original language; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > again > into original language retranslation1660 reversion1755 retroversion1881 intertranslatability1951 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church iv. 92 What he thinks in Greek will not so naturally lend itself to retroversion into the Hebrew idiom. 1892 Classical Rev. Feb. 71/2 The Latin texts from which the exercises for retroversion are drawn. 1938 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 57 266 Some awkward constructions..are cleared up by retroversion into Aramaic. 1991 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 468 He there made the important proposal to see in the Latin text not the original Roman text but a retroversion from Greek. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587
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