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revertive

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re⋅vert

  [ri-vurt]
Use revertive in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
5. a person or thing that reverts.
6. Law. a reversion.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME reverten (< OF revertir) < L revertere to turn back, equiv. 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

Synonyms:
1, 3. retrogress.
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re·vert   (rĭ-vûrt')   
intr.v.   re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts

  1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.

  2. Law To return to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.

  3. Genetics To undergo reversion.


[Middle English reverten, from Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertīre, variant of Latin revertere : re-, re- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·vert'er n., re·vert'i·ble adj., re·ver'tive adj.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·vert
Pronunciation: ri-'v&rt
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to come or go back (as to a former status or state) revert to the donor's estate —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.>
2 : to return to the grantor or his or her heirs as a reversion —re·vert·ible /-'v&r-t&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·vert
Pronunciation: ri-'v&rt
Function: intransitive verb
: to undergo reversion —re·vert·ible /-'v&rt-&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

revert re·vert (rĭ-vûrt')
v. re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts

  1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.

  2. To undergo genetic reversion.

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