Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With the order or meaning reversed; conversely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The order being changed.
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- adverb The
same but with the two things or peoplementioned reversed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with the order reversed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin vice versā : vice, ablative of *vix, position + versā, feminine ablative of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn.]
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From Latin ablative absolute vice versā, from feminine third declension noun vicis ("arrangement, order, position, etc.") + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō.
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