Word Meanings - REVERSIONARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.

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• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• REVERSION
  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
• AFTER
  To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• INVOLVEDNESS
  The state of being involved.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• ENJOY
  1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation. 2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy
• ENJOYER
  One who enjoys.
• REVERSIONER
  One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.
• INTERESTED
  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• AFTERSHAFT
  The hypoptilum.
• AFTERPIECE
  The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• SUCCESSION
  1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to
• PARTICULARITY
  1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity."
• PARTICULARLY
  1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil
• TERMINATIONAL
  Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
• AFTER DAMP
  An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• REESTATE
  To reëstablish. Walis.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• DEHONESTATE
  To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.
• OVERRIGHTEOUS
  Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.