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Definition: Retrovert |
RetrovertVerb1. Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Retrovert \Re"tro*vert\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Retroverted; present participle verb or noun Retroverting.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: RetrovertSynonyms: regress (v), return (v), revert (v), turn back (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inversion | Invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy; Adjective: culbuter; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Retrovert |
| English words defined with "retrovert": Retroverted, Retroverting. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "retrovert": retrorse. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "retrovert" (pronounced 'Re"tro*vert'): Advert, Animadvert, Antevert, Antrovert, Chetvert, Controvert, Culvert, introvert, Obvert, Unpervert, Vert. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-o-r-r-r-t-t-v" | |
-1 letter: retorter. | |
-2 letters: evertor. | |
-3 letters: retore, retort, revert, revote, rotter, terret, terror, trevet, trover, vetoer. | |
-4 letters: error, evert, otter, overt, retro, revet, rotte, rover, torte, toter, trove, voter. | |
-5 letters: ever, over, rete, rote, rove, tore, torr, tort, tote, tree, tret, trot, veer, vert, veto, vote. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-o-r-r-r-t-t-v" | |
+3 letters: controverter. | |
+4 letters: controverters, tergiversator. | |
+5 letters: overstructured, tergiversators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 72 6F 76 65 72 74 |
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