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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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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
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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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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