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Definitions for: Revert
[v] undergo reversion, as in a mutation
[v] go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: regress, retrovert, return, turn back
See Also: change by reversal, go back, mutate, recover, recuperate, resile, reverse, turn
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