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reversive

adj

Etymology

From reverse + -ive.

  1. derived from reversus
  2. derived from revers
  3. derived from revers
  4. inherited from revers
  5. suffixed as reversive — “reverse + ive”

Definitions

  1. Designating the reversion of an action.

    • The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reversive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA