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verb (used without object)
1.
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
2.
Law. to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
3.
Biology. to return to an earlier or primitive type.
4.
to go back in thought or discussion: He constantly reverted to his childhood.
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Revert
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English reverten (< Old French revertir) < Latin revertere to turn back, equivalent to re- re- + vertere to turn; see verse
1250–1300; Middle English reverten (< Old French revertir) < Latin revertere to turn back, equivalent to re- re- + vertere to turn; see verse
Related forms
re·vert·i·ble, adjective
re·vert·i·bil·i·ty, noun
re·ver·tive, adjective
re·ver·tive·ly, adverb
non·re·vert·i·ble, adjective
EXPANDnon·re·ver·tive, adjective
un·re·vert·ed, adjective
un·re·vert·i·ble, adjective
un·re·vert·ing, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 3. retrogress.
1, 3. retrogress.
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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 | |
| 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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Word Origin & History
revert
c.1300, "to come to oneself again," from O.Fr. revertir, from V.L. *revertire, variant of L. revertere "turn back," from re- "back" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from 1447; application to customs and ideas is from 1612.
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Medical Dictionary
revert re·vert (rĭ-vûrt')
v. re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts
To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.
To undergo genetic reversion.
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