Revert
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.
verb (rɪˈvɜːt) (intransitive) 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
noun (ˈriːˌvɜːt)
7.
a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church
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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