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reversifying

reversifying is the present participle and gerund of reversify.

Meaning of reversify

Verb (1)

reversify (third-person singular simple present reversifies, present participle reversifying, simple past and past participle reversified)

  1. (transitive) To versify again.
    • In the course of the year 1780, he made rapid progress in some of his favourite works, versifying the 'Maria Stuarda,' the 'Rosmunda,' and great part of 'Ottavia,' reversifying the whole of the 'Filippo' for the third time, and developing 'Ottavia' and 'Timoleone;' […]1861, The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, volume 114, page 159

Verb (2)

reversify (third-person singular simple present reversifies, present participle reversifying, simple past and past participle reversified)

  1. (transitive) To reverse; to turn backwards.
    • He accuses philosophers like Daniel Dennett of "reversifying" the term "consciousness" by providing a reductionist interpretation of experiential phenomena (ibid).2024, Majid D. Beni, Scientific Explanation, Causality, and Agency

Questions about reversifying

What is reversifying the present participle and gerund of?
Reversifying is the present participle and gerund of reversify.

Words near reversifying in the dictionary

  1. reversibles
  2. reversibly
  3. reversified
  4. reversifies
  5. reversify
  6. reversifying
  7. reversine
  8. reversing
  9. reversing camera
  10. reversing cameras
  11. reversing course

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