reversiveadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvəːsɪv/, U.S.

/rəˈvərsɪv/,

/riˈvərsɪv/

Forms: Middle English reuersif, Middle English–1500s reuersiue, 1500s reuersyue, 1600s– reversive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin reversivus ; reverse adj., reverse v.¹, -ive suffix.

Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin reversivus (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin revers- , past participial stem of revertere revert v. + -īvus -ive suffix. In sense 2 perhaps independently < either reverse adj. or reverse v.¹ + -ive suffix. Compare Spanish reversivo (end of the 15th cent., earliest in medical contexts designating a nerve; rare before 19th cent.).

1. Anatomy. Of a nerve: recurrent; spec. designating the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulling back > serving to

reversivea1400

retractivec1484

retrahent1713

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 152 (MED) Sumtyme it is kutt eiþir prickid þe senewe þat is clepid reuersif [L. reuersiuus], þat is vndir boþe sidis of þe eere.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 13 (MED) Þu shal consider double neruez descensiue to þe stomac & to þe bowels for feling, reuersiue, i. turnyng agayn, fro bineþe forþ for voice biside epiglotum.

1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xli. sig. I.ii^v/2 Therfore is sayd, as the wounde is deep to ye reuersyue synewes so shal he alwayes be forse of spekynge.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 105 ^v And this is the true & brief description of the right recurrent, or reuersiue Nerue.

1952 C. D. O'Malley & J. B. de C. M. Saunders Leonardo da Vinci on Human Body 344/1 The vagus nerve, called the reversive nerve by mediaeval anatomists because of its recurrent branch, is here shown on the right side.

2. Characterized by or tending to reversal; (also) opposite, contrary.

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1668 L. Willan Perfect States-man xiv. 37 The offensive Arme he ought to use against the Incendiaries of this civil Insurrection, is the reversive Opposition of their mutual Force, one Passion being aptly supprest by the suggestion of another.

1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) ii. 249 Unequal'd London!—Britain's mighty heart; That, like our blood-spring with reversive tide, Receiving, pour'st to empires far and wide.

1861 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 148/2 It was rather hard on humanity, and rather reversive of Providence, that all this care and pains should be lavished on cats and dogs.

1883 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Feb. 163 Thus we have here an anomaly in man which is neither reversive nor progressive.

1919 Biol. Bull. 36 153 A Q₁₀ value of about 2 is indicated for the reversive process.

1951 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 17 150/1 In certain other sequences, suffix 211 marks reversive meaning, i.e. a meaning opposite to that of the stem which it follows.

2009 Brisbane News (Nexis) 11 Nov. 32 Biotherm's anti-ageing line Skin Vivo includes Reversive Day Cream in two textures.

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

单词	reversive
释义	reversiveadj. Brit. /rᵻˈvəːsɪv/, U.S. /rəˈvərsɪv/, /riˈvərsɪv/ Forms: Middle English reuersif, Middle English–1500s reuersiue, 1500s reuersyue, 1600s– reversive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin reversivus ; reverse adj., reverse v.¹, -ive suffix. Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin reversivus (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin revers- , past participial stem of revertere revert v. + -īvus -ive suffix. In sense 2 perhaps independently < either reverse adj. or reverse v.¹ + -ive suffix. Compare Spanish reversivo (end of the 15th cent., earliest in medical contexts designating a nerve; rare before 19th cent.). 1. Anatomy. Of a nerve: recurrent; spec. designating the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulling back > serving to reversivea1400 retractivec1484 retrahent1713 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 152 (MED) Sumtyme it is kutt eiþir prickid þe senewe þat is clepid reuersif [L. reuersiuus], þat is vndir boþe sidis of þe eere. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 13 (MED) Þu shal consider double neruez descensiue to þe stomac & to þe bowels for feling, reuersiue, i. turnyng agayn, fro bineþe forþ for voice biside epiglotum. 1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xli. sig. I.ii^v/2 Therfore is sayd, as the wounde is deep to ye reuersyue synewes so shal he alwayes be forse of spekynge. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 105 ^v And this is the true & brief description of the right recurrent, or reuersiue Nerue. 1952 C. D. O'Malley & J. B. de C. M. Saunders Leonardo da Vinci on Human Body 344/1 The vagus nerve, called the reversive nerve by mediaeval anatomists because of its recurrent branch, is here shown on the right side. 2. Characterized by or tending to reversal; (also) opposite, contrary. ΚΠ 1668 L. Willan Perfect States-man xiv. 37 The offensive Arme he ought to use against the Incendiaries of this civil Insurrection, is the reversive Opposition of their mutual Force, one Passion being aptly supprest by the suggestion of another. 1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) ii. 249 Unequal'd London!—Britain's mighty heart; That, like our blood-spring with reversive tide, Receiving, pour'st to empires far and wide. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 148/2 It was rather hard on humanity, and rather reversive of Providence, that all this care and pains should be lavished on cats and dogs. 1883 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Feb. 163 Thus we have here an anomaly in man which is neither reversive nor progressive. 1919 Biol. Bull. 36 153 A Q₁₀ value of about 2 is indicated for the reversive process. 1951 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 17 150/1 In certain other sequences, suffix 211 marks reversive meaning, i.e. a meaning opposite to that of the stem which it follows. 2009 Brisbane News (Nexis) 11 Nov. 32 Biotherm's anti-ageing line Skin Vivo includes Reversive Day Cream in two textures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400
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