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Definition of Revert

1. Verb. Go back to a previous state. "We reverted to the old rules"

Definition of Revert

1. v. t. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

2. v. i. To return; to come back.

3. n. One who, or that which, reverts.

Definition of Revert

1. Noun. One who, or that which, reverts. ¹

2. Noun. (context: in Muslim usage due to the belief that all humans are born Muslim) A convert to Islam. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse. ¹

5. Verb. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To cause to return to a former condition. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive now rare) To return; to come back. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To return to the possession of. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive biology) To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse. ¹

13. Verb. (intransitive) To return to a previous subject of discourse or thought. ¹

14. Verb. (context: intransitive in Muslim usage due to the belief that all humans are born Muslim) To convert to Islam. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revert

1. to return to a former state [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Revert

1. 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. To change back. See Revert, To revert a series, 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. Origin: L. Revertere, reversum; pref. Re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. Revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse. 1. To return; to come back. "So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again." (Shak) 2. To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him. 3. To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. 4. To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilisers reverts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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