revert
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intransitive verb \ri-ˈvərt\Definition of REVERT
1
: to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
2
: to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion
3
: to return to an ancestral type
— re·vert·er noun
— re·vert·ible \-ˈvər-tə-bəl\ adjective
Examples of REVERT
- <after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling>
Origin of REVERT
Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, v.t., to turn back & reverti, v.i., to return, come back, from re- + vertere, verti to turn — more at worth
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with REVERT
advert, alert, assert, avert, bellwort, birthwort, Blackshirt, brownshirt, bush shirt, camp shirt, colewort, concert, convert, covert, desert, dessert, dissert, divert, dress shirt, evert, exert, expert, exsert, figwort, fleawort, glasswort, hair shirt, Hastert, hornwort, inert, insert, invert, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, nightshirt, outskirt, overt, pay dirt, pervert, pilewort, ragwort, redshirt, ribwort, saltwort, sandwort, Schubert, seagirt, sea squirt, soapwort, spearwort, spleenwort, stitchwort, stonewort, stuffed shirt, subvert, sweatshirt, toothwort, T-shirt, ungirt
re·vert
intransitive verb \ri-ˈvərt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of REVERT
: to undergo reversion
—re·vert·ible \-ˈvərt-ə-bəl\ (audio pronunciation) adjective
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