Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reverted"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reverted \Re*vert"ed\, a.
Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved
twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
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