re'verter

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revert

—vb (foll by to)
1.	to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc: she reverted to her old wicked ways
2.	to take up again or come back to a former topic
3.	biology (of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
4.	(US) to reply to someone: we will revert to you with pricing and other details
5.	property law (of an estate or interest in land) to return to its former owner or his heirs when a grant, esp a grant for the lifetime of the grantee, comes to an end
6.	revert to type to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared

—n
7.	a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church

[C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn]

usage Since back is part of the meaning of revert, one should not say that someone reverts back to a certain type of behaviour

re'verter

—n

re'vertible

—*adj*

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