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Revert

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
 : 
re=vert

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Revert has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Revertv. t. [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.].
  •  To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.  [1913 Webster]
    "Till happy chance revert the cruel scence."  [1913 Webster]
    "The tumbling stream . . .
    Reverted, plays in undulating flow.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To change back. See Revert, v. i.  [1913 Webster]
To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
Revertv. i. 
  •  To return; to come back.  [1913 Webster]
    "So that my arrows
    Would have reverted to my bow again.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.  [1913 Webster]
Revertn. 
     One who, or that which, reverts.  [1913 Webster]
    "An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Revert, v.
1 intr. (foll. by to) return to a former state, practice, opinion, etc.
2 intr. (of property, an office, etc.) return by reversion.
3 intr. fall back into a wild state.
4 tr. turn (one's eyes or steps) back.

Derivative
reverter n. (in sense 2).
Etymology
ME f. OF revertir or L revertere (as REVERSE)

THESAURUS

Revert

back, back up, backslide, cock, come after, come again, come back, come last, come up again, cry back to, echo, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, fall from grace, follow, get behind, go back, go back to, go backwards, go behind, have a relapse, jerk back, keep coming, lag behind, lapse, lapse back, lose ground, pull back, react, reappear, recede, recidivate, recur, recur to, regress, relapse, reoccur, repeat, resound, resume, retreat, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, retrovert, return, return to, reverberate, reverse, revert to, sink back, slide back, slip back, take up again, trail, trail behind, turn, yield again to

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Revert

Repetition

VB repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble, recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse, renew, rehearse, do over again, say over again, ring the changes on, harp on the same string, din in the ear, drum in the ear, conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of, resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.

Restitution

VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.

Reversion

VB revert, turn back, regress, relapse, recoil, retreat, restore, undo, unmake, turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

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