v. t. [ L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn. ]
v. t.
adv. & conj. Nevertheless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & conj. [ Never + the (see The by that) + less. ] Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. [ 1913 Webster ]
No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tumbling stream . . .
Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To revert a series (Alg.),
v. i.
So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, reverts. [ 1913 Webster ]
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an
n. (Med.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [ Obs. ] E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted;
a. Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. --
The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves
A yellow waste of idle sands behind. Thomson. [1913 Webster]