different between rever vs reaver

English

Noun

rever (plural revers)

1. The upper part of some upper garments (such as a shirt or jacket) that folds back at or near the neck to give the appearance of a collar or lapel. Unlike a collar, the rever is always formed from the same piece of fabric as the rest of the garment's bodice.

Related terms

• revers

Anagrams

• verré

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *rev?ir, from Latin reveni?. Cognate with Portuguese revir and Spanish revenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??e?/

Verb

rever (first-person singular present revo, first-person singular preterite revín, past participle revido)

1. (intransitive) to stale
2. (intransitive) to sour

   Synonym: picar

3. (intransitive) to shrink; to wane

   Synonym: minguar

4. (intransitive) to ooze

   Synonym: zumegar

Conjugation

References

• “rever” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “rever” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rever” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman rivere.

Noun

rever

1. Alternative form of ryver

Etymology 2

From Old English r?afere.

Noun

rever

1. Alternative form of revere

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rever m

1. indefinite plural of rev (Etymology 1)

Verb

rever

1. present of reve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rever f

1. indefinite plural of reve

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- (“re-”) +? ver (“to see”), or from Latin revideo, revidere. Cf. French revoir.

Verb

rever (first-person singular present indicative revejo, past participle revisto)

1. (transitive) To see again.

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

From French revers.

Noun

rever n (plural revere)

1. reverse side
2. backhand

Declension

Spanish

Verb

rever (first-person singular present reveo, first-person singular preterite reví, past participle revisto)

1. (transitive) to see again

Conjugation

English

Alternative forms

• riever (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English r?afere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?v?(r)

Noun

reaver (plural reavers)

1. One who reaves, a border raider or cattle thief

Synonyms

• (at sea): see Thesaurus:pirate

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +? haver.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.a?ve(?)/, /?e.a?ve(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?j??ve?/

Verb

reaver (past participle reavido)

1. to recover, reacquire

Conjugation

Nonstandard conjugation: