reverse (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. inverto, ti, sum, 32. retroăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (sometimes written as two words)II. Fig.1. infirmo, 1 (annul, make void)2. converto, ti, sum, 3 • reverse (v.): I. Lit.: 1. inverto, ti, sum, 3: a ploughshare r.d, vomer inversus, Hor. Epod. 2, 63: v. invert. 2. retroăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (sometimes written as two words): a dactyl r.d is called an anapaest, dactylus retroactus appellatur anapaestos, Quint. 9, 4, 81: to r. the order, r. ordinem, id. 12, 2, 10. Phr.: you may rather say day and night than r. the order, diem ac noctem dicas potius quam retrorsum, id. 9, 4, 23. II. Fig.: 1. infirmo, 1 (annul, make void): to r. everything that had been done in the preceding year, omnes res anni superioris i., Cic. Sest. 18, 40: v. invalidate, undo. 2. converto, ti, sum, 3: philtres cannot r. right and wrong, venena fas nefasque non valent c., Hor. Epod. 5, 88: v. change, alter. Phr: to r. a judgment, judicium restituere, Cic. Verr. 2, 26, 63; supplantare, Ps. Quint. Decl. 7: v. rescind, repeal: to r. the whole conduct of that man's praetorship, retexere istius praeturam, Cic. Verr. 2, 26, 63: she grieves that the destiny is r.d, dolet haec fila reneri, Ov. F. 6, 757.