revert

re·vert

verb \ri-ˈvərt\

Definition of REVERT

intransitive verb

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

1. <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

Related to REVERT

Synonyms: retrogress, return, regress

Antonyms: advance, develop, evolve, progress

Related Words: backslide, lapse, relapse; throw back; ebb; decline, degenerate, drop, fall, retrograde, worsen

Near Antonyms: grow, mature, ripen

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Rhymes with REVERT

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