n. [ L. adversio ] A turning towards; attention. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert. ] 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Monition; warning. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [ Archaic ] “Divine animadversions.” Wesley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert. ] 1. A turning away. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now generally followed by to before the object. [ See Averse. ] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. [ 1913 Webster ]

A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

His aversion towards the house of York. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The object of dislike or repugnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of controverting; controversy. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert. ] 1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial conversion of water into ice. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conversion of the aliment into fat. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. “Conversion to Christianity.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or bring my action of conversion
And trover for my goods. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life. [ 1913 Webster ]

He oft
Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached
Conversion and repentance, as to souls
In prison under judgments imminent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities.
Syn. -- countersubversion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. diversion. See Divert. ] 1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. “Public diversions.” V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.

Syn. -- Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. likely or designed to confuse or deceive; -- of tactics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. eversio: cf. F. éversion. ] 1. The act of eversing; destruction. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. extra- + L. vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion. ] The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Extrorse. ] 1. The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Psychol.) the trait of being interested primarily in things in one's external environement, rather than one's own thoughts and feelings. [ PJC ]

3. (Psychol.) the act of directing one's interests primarily toward things in one's external environement, rather than one's own thoughts and feelings. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Introvert. ] The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See Invert. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament; your lordship first signed it, and then it was passed among the Lords and Commons. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Geom.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Gram.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, “of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable, ” instead of, “impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices.” [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Rhet.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mus.) (a) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc. (b) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass. (c) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa. (d) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Geol.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Chem.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or enzymes (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The terms invert and inversion, in this sense, owe their meaning to the fact that the plane of polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. (Meteorology) A reversal of the usual temperature gradient of the atmosphere, in which the temperature increases with increased altitude, rather than falling. Called also temperature inversion. This condition in the vicinity of cities can give rise to a severe episode of atmospheric pollution, as it inhibits normal circulation of the air. [ PJC ]

12. (Electricity) The conversion of direct current into alternating current; the inverse of rectification. See inverted rectifier. [ PJC ]

13. (Genetics) A portion of the genome in which the DNA has been turned around, and runs in a direction opposite to its normal direction, and consequently the genes are present in the reverse of their usual order. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. obversio a turning towards. ] 1. The act of turning toward or downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as “immediate inference by privative conception.” Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perversio: cf. F. perversion. See Pervert. ] The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use. “Violations and perversions of the laws.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second conversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rétroversion. See Retrovert. ] A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réversion, L. reversio a turning back. See Revert. ] 1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

After his reversion home, [ he ] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession. [ 1913 Webster ]

For even reversions are all begged before. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Annuities) A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reversion of series (Alg.), the act of reverting a series. See To revert a series, under Revert, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) That which is to be received in reversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert. ] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The subversion [ by a storm ] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Promoting destruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse. ] 1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The version of air into water. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]