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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
reverter
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Examples of revert in a Sentence
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
Recent Examples of revert from the Web
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said long ago that the system cannot just revert to the pre-ObamaCare age.
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Rescinding WOTUS and reverting back to the 1986 regulation would maintain the status quo and avoid that confusion, the Trump EPA proposal argues.
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U.S. utilities that invested heavily in alternatives are considered unlikely to revert to coal, Roberts said, meaning market forces and not Trump’s politics will play the biggest role in determining the industry’s future.
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So why not revert back to teenagehood with this perfectly amusing little film?
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So why not revert back to teenagehood with this perfectly amusing little film?
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For the same reason that National Review and The Federalist have become organs for attacking Trump’s foes, and that most Republican voters reverted to partisan loyalty and voted for Handel: politics is tribal.
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Reverting to solo was easier said than done, though.
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Breitbart doesn’t have a particularly rich tonal register, its voice reverting most frequently to outrage, derision or disgust.
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Origin and Etymology of revert
Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, transitive verb, “to turn back” & reverti, intransitive verb, “to return, come back,” from re- + vertere, verti “to turn” — more at worth
REVERT Defined for Kids
revert
playDefinition of revert for Students
reverted
;reverting
: to come or go back He reverted to bad habits.
Word Root of revert
The Latin word vertere, meaning “to turn” or “to change,” and its form versus give us the roots vert and vers. Words from the Latin vertere have something to do with turning or changing. Anything versatile, or able to do or be used for many different things, can change its task easily. A vertebra is a bone in the spine that allows an animal to turn its head or body. To avert is to turn away. To divert is to turn aside onto a new path. To revert is to turn back to a former way of being.
Medical Dictionary
Law Dictionary
revert
playLegal Definition of revert
1 : to come or go back (as to a former status or state) if the donee of a general power fails to exercise it…the appointive assets revert to the donor's estate — W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
2 : to return to the grantor or his or her heirs as a reversion
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