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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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rêver.

Verb

reve

1. dream

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?fa, ?er?fa.

Alternative forms

• refe, reeve, reyve, reove

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?v(?)/

Noun

reve (plural reves or reven)

1. A reeve or bailiff (a local official); an administrator.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,

     Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve, / But it were oonly Osewold the Reve;

2. An administrator of an estate or manor; a manager or steward.
3. (Christianity) A subordinate or deputy of God.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Related terms

• shirreve

Descendants

• English: reeve

References

• “r??ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

Etymology 2

Verb

reve

1. Alternative form of reven

Etymology 3

Noun

reve

1. Alternative form of reif

Middle French

Alternative forms

• resve

Etymology

Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rog? (“I ask; I demand”).

Noun

reve f (plural reves)

1. a taxation on imports and exports

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (reve)
• reve on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun rev

Verb

reve (imperative rev, present tense rever, passive reves, simple past reva or revet or revde, past participle reva or revet or revd, present participle revende)

1. (nautical) to reef (a sail)
   • "Rev seilene, rev seilene!", skrek kapteinen. [1]

References

• “reve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.