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reversi (iou)



reversi noun. E19.
[French, alt., after revers REVERSE noun, of earlier reversin from Italian rovescina, from rovesciare to reverse. See also REVERSIS.]
Hist. = REVERSIS 1. E19.
A game played on a draughtboard with counters having one side different in colour from the other, the object being to enclose as many of the opponent's counters as possible between one's own in order to have the right to reverse them and make them one's own. L19.