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rever (plural revers)

1. The upper part of some upper garments (such as a shirt or jacket) that folds back at or near the neck to give the appearance of a collar or lapel. Unlike a collar, the rever is always formed from the same piece of fabric as the rest of the garment's bodice.
   • 1895, Sophie Klug, The Art of Dressmaking, page 64:

     It is a good plan to baste around close to the edge, until the rever is either pressed or stitched, especially if the latter is to be the trimming.

   • 1939, The Homestead - Issue 1214, page 11:

     Turn in the edges of facing and stitch over fronts, leaving top edge of rever shape open for inserting pocket.

   • 1968, Bertha Moulton, Garment-cutting and Tailoring for Students, page 214:

     Turn facing over, and on the right half of jacket, commence basting from end of rever to the bottom edge, keeping the seam a little to the inside of jacket.

   • 2016, A Collection of Vintage Knitting Patterns for the Making of Women's Dresses, page 16:

     With wrong side facing and contrast wool, pick up and knit through double fabric, 20 sts. acros top of left rever, 36 across back of neck and 20 from right rever.

• revers

• verré

• IPA^(key): /reˈβeɾ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese *revẽir, from Latin reveniō. Cognate with Portuguese revir and Spanish revenir.

rever (first-person singular present revo, first-person singular preterite revín, past participle revido)

1. (intransitive) to stale
2. (intransitive) to sour

   Synonym: picar

3. (intransitive) to shrink; to wane

   Synonym: minguar

4. (intransitive) to ooze

   Synonym: zumegar

From re- + ver.

rever (first-person singular present revexo, first-person singular preterite revín, past participle revisto)
rever (first-person singular present revejo, first-person singular preterite revim or revi, past participle revisto, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to stale
2. (intransitive) to sour

   Synonym: picar

3. (intransitive) to shrink; to wane

   Synonym: minguar

4. (intransitive) to ooze

   Synonym: zumegar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rever”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rever”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rever”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rever”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rever”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Anglo-Norman rivere.

rever

1. alternative form of ryver

From Old English rēafere.

rever

1. alternative form of revere

rever m

1. indefinite plural of rev (Etymology 1)

rever

1. present of reve

rever f

1. indefinite plural of reve

From re- (“re-”) +‎ ver (“to see”), or from Latin revidēre. Cf. French revoir.

• Hyphenation: re‧ver

rever (first-person singular present revejo, first-person singular preterite revi, past participle revisto)

1. (transitive) to see again
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 697:

     De qualquer jeito, ainda vou rever minha mãe um dia, não é?

     Anyway, I'll still see my mother again someday, won't I?

• “rever”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rever”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French revers.

rever n (plural revere)

1. reverse side
2. backhand

• IPA^(key): /reˈbeɾ/ [reˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ver

rever (first-person singular present reveo, first-person singular preterite reví, past participle revisto)

1. (transitive) to see again

• “rever”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025