révérencieu-x, -se, adj., reverential; bowing and scraping, obsequious.

révérend, -e, adj., reverend. Très —; right reverend. [Sometimes used as a noun in the masculine.]

révérendissime, adj., most reverend.

révérer, v.a., to revere, to reverence, to venerate, to hold in veneration.

rêverie (rê-vrî), n.f., reverie, musing; dream; raving, delirium. Tomber en —; to fall to musing.

revernir, v.a., to glaze again, to varnish over again.

reverquier, n.m. V. revertier.

revers (-vèr), n.m., back, reverse; facing (of clothes); lapel (of a coat); back stroke; top (of boots); reverse, change for the worse. Coup de —; back-handed stroke. Donner un —; to hit a back stroke. Le — de la médaille; the reverse side of the medal; (fig.) the dark side of the picture. Le — de la tranchée; (fort.) the reverse of the trench. A or de —; (mil.) in the rear, on the flank.

réversal, -e, adj., (jur.) confirmatory.

reverseau, n.m., flashing-board (for doors, etc.).