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单词 vertant
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vertantadj.

Etymology: < French vertant, = Latin vertent- , vertens , present participle of vertĕre : see vert v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvertant.
Heraldry.
Bending, curving.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 473/1 He beareth Argent, eight Leaves, the Stalks conjoyned and contrary bowed... But the most compendious, is to blazon them conjoyn'd dorse endorse: though good Artists will say, conjoyned and vertant to the Dextre and Sinister.
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Vertant and Revertant, or Verted and Reverted, the same as flexed and reflexed, or bowed embowed, that is formed like the letter S reverted. [Hence in later Dicts.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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