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proverse

3 antonyms for proverse — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Describes an aircraft rolling the same way it yaws.

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1. adj

Favourable, or in keeping with what someone wants.

“A risk proverse or risk loving person would be more willing to take the risk if there is a chance of yielding higher value design alternatives.”

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2. adj

In the usual or expected direction or order.

“The subject-matter of this paper is the structural mechanism of the proverse and reverse word-compounding as a word-building process in modern English while having the model of word-combination as a starting basis for such transformations.”

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Etymology

From Latin prōversus (“turned forwards”), perfect passive participle of prōvertō (“to turn forwards”), from prō- (“before, in front of”) + vertō (“to turn”). By surface analysis, pro- + -verse. Doublet of prose.

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