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1A card game, particularly popular in the 19th century, in which the usual object is to avoid winning tricks.
2rare Chiefly with the. The fact of taking every trick in this game. Chiefly in "to make (the) reversis".
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Mme de Sévigné's Letters. From French reversis, variant of reversi reversi.