Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Revert"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Revert \Re*vert"\, v. i.
1. To return; to come back.

So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow
again. --Shak.

2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of
a particular estate granted by him.

3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some
pre["e]xistent form; to take on the traits or characters
of an ancestral type.

4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble
state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain
fertilizers reverts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Revert \Re*vert"\, n.
One who, or that which, reverts.

An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts,
or rather reverts, to the faith. --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Revert \Re*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reverted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reverting}.] [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- +
vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See {Verse}, and cf.
{Reverse}.]
1. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. --Prior.

The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in
undulating flow. --Thomson.

2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

3. (Chem.) To change back. See {Revert}, v. i.

{To revert a series} (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx
+ cx^{2} + etc., where one variable y is expressed in
powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the
second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in
powers of y.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

revert
v : go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: {return}, {retrovert}, {regress}, {turn back}]


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