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Definitions for Revert

[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.
[5] a person or thing that reverts.
[6] Law . a reversion.
[7] to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc she reverted to her old wicked ways
[8] to take up again or come back to a former topic
[9] biology (of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
[10] US to reply to someone we will revert to you with pricing and other details
[11] 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
[12] revert to type to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared
[13] a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church

Words related to Revert

react, degenerate, regress, retrogress, decline, return, relapse, recur, resume, about-face, lapse, transpose, turn, recrudesce, flip-flop, retrograde, invert, backslide, change, deteriorate

Words nearby Revert

reversionary annuity, reversionary bonus, reversioner, reversionist, reverso, revert, revertant, reverter, revery, revest, revet

Origin of Revert

1250–1300; Middle English reverten (< Old French revertir ) < Latin revertere to turn back, equivalent to re- re- + vertere to turn; see verse

Other words from Revert

re·vert·i·ble , adjective
re·vert·i·bil·i·ty , noun
re·ver·tive , adjective
re·ver·tive·ly , adverb
non·re·vert·i·ble , adjective
non·re·ver·tive , adjective
un·re·vert·ed , adjective
un·re·vert·i·ble , adjective
un·re·vert·ing , adjective

Word origin for Revert

C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn

Synonyms for Revert

degenerate, go back, hark back, react, regress, turn back, about-face, backslide, change, decline, deteriorate, flip-flop, invert, lapse, recrudesce, recur, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, transpose, turn, come back, fall off the wagon, inverse, take up where left off, throw back