REVERSING
Re*vers"ing, a.
Defn: Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. — Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.
REVERSION
Re*ver"sion, n. Etym: [F. réversion, L. reversio a turning back. See
Revert.]
1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe.
2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.] The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics. Fuller.
3. (Law)
Defn: The returning of an esttate 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.
4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession. For even reversions are all begged before. Dryden.
5. (Annuities)
Defn: 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.