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re·vert
(rĭ-vûrt′)v. re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts
v.intr.
1.
a. To go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief: a meadow reverting to forest; a reformed shoplifter reverting to old habits; a speaker reverting to her opening remarks.
b. To resume using something that has been disused: had to revert to the typewriter when the computer failed.
2. Law To be returned to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.
3. Genetics To undergo reversion.
4. Chiefly South Asian To reply.
v.tr.
1. To cause to go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief: "The doctor was reverted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon" (George Orwell).
2. Law To return (an estate, for example) to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or successor.
[Middle English reverten, from Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertīre, variant of Latin revertere : re-, re- + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
re·vert′er n.
re·vert′i·ble adj.
re·ver′tive adj.
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revert
vb
1. to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc: she reverted to her old wicked ways.
2. to take up again or come back to a former topic
3. (Biology) biology (of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
4. US to reply to someone: we will revert to you with pricing and other details.
5. (Law) 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
6. revert to type to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church
[C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn]
reˈverter n
reˈvertible adj
Usage: Since back is part of the meaning of revert, one should not say that someone reverts back to a certain type of behaviour
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re•vert
(rɪˈvɜrt)v.i.
1. to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.
2. to return to the former owner or that person's heirs.
3. to return to an ancestral type or characteristic.
4. to go back in thought or discussion: He kept reverting to his childhood.
n. 5. a person or thing that reverts.
[1250–1300; (< Old French revertir) < Latin revertere to turn back =re- re- + vertere to turn; compare verse]
re•vert′er, n.
re•vert′i•ble, adj.
re•vert`i•bil′i•ty, n.
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revert
Past participle: reverted
Gerund: reverting
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revert
Where stems of a variegated plant change to produce plain green leaves.
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| Verb | 1. | revert - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" recidivate, relapse, retrogress, regress, lapse, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" resile - return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile" recuperate, go back, recover - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" |
| 2. | revert - undergo reversion, as in a mutation mutate - undergo mutation; "cells mutate" |
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revert
verb
1. go back, return, come back, resume, lapse, recur, relapse, regress, backslide, take up where you left off He reverted to smoking heavily.
2. return, go back to, be returned to, be once again in the possession of The property reverts to the freeholder.
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revert
verb1. To come back to a former condition:
2. To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one:
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Translations
يُعيد الوَضْع إلى ما كانَ عَلَيْه
vrátit se
käännynnäinenkääntyjäpalaajapalatapalauttaa
taka aftur upp, snúa sér aftur aî
grįžti įpasukti atgal prie
atgriezties pie iepriekšējā
dönmekdönüş yapmak
revert
[rɪˈvɜːt] VI1. (= return) → volver
to revert to a subject → volver a un tema
reverting to the matter under discussion → volviendo al tema de la discusión ...
to revert to a subject → volver a un tema
reverting to the matter under discussion → volviendo al tema de la discusión ...
2. (Jur) → revertir (to a)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
revert
[rɪˈvɜːrt] vi (= return) to revert to sth → revenir à qch
to revert to childhood → revenir en enfance, retourner en enfance
to revert to one's old ways → revenir à ses vieilles habitudes
She reverted to her old ways → Elle est revenue à ses vieilles habitudes.
to revert to doing sth → se remettre à faire qch
to revert to type (= behave as one would expect) [person]
He reverted to type → Le naturel est revenu au galop. (BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY) → subir une réversion
to revert to childhood → revenir en enfance, retourner en enfance
to revert to one's old ways → revenir à ses vieilles habitudes
She reverted to her old ways → Elle est revenue à ses vieilles habitudes.
to revert to doing sth → se remettre à faire qch
to revert to type (= behave as one would expect) [person]
He reverted to type → Le naturel est revenu au galop. (BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY) → subir une réversion
(= be returned) to revert to sb [property, rights, money] → revenir à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
revert
vi (= return, to former state) → zurückkehren (to zu); (to bad state) → zurückfallen (→ to in +acc); (to topic) → zurückkommen (→ to auf +acc); (to a dialect etc) → (zurück)verfallen (→ to in +acc); (Jur: property) → zurückfallen (→ to an +acc); he has reverted back to childhood → er ist wieder ins Kindheitsalter zurückgefallen; to revert to type (Biol) → in der Art zurückschlagen; he has reverted to type (fig) → seine alte Natur ist wieder durchgebrochen; fields reverting to moorland/woodland → Felder, die wieder versumpfen/wieder zu Wäldern werden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
revert
[rɪˈvɜːt] vi (gen) to revert (to) → ritornare (a)to revert to type (Bio) → ritornare allo stato primitivo (fig) → tornare alla propria natura
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
revert
(rəˈvəːt) verb to come or go back (to a previous state, point in a discussion etc).
reˈversion (-ʃən) , ((American) -ʒən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.