revert

1. v. t. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Source: opted

2. v. t. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To change back. See Revert, v. i. Source: opted

4. v. i. To return; to come back. Source: opted

5. v. i. To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him. Source: opted

6. v. i. To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. Source: opted

7. v. i. To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts. Source: opted

8. n. One who, or that which, reverts. Source: opted

9. v. go back to a previous state Source: wordnet

10. v. undergo reversion, as in a mutation Source: wordnet

11. 1. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior. The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson. 2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. 3. (Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y. 1. To return; to come back. So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak. 2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him. 3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. 4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts. One who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller. Source: webster

12. To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series (Alg.), totreat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y isexpressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefromthe second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y. Source: adambom

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