Revert

Definition of Revert

Re`vert´

v. t.

1.

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

[imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.]

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.

v. i.

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.

n.

1.

One who, or that which, reverts.

An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith.

- Fuller.

Related Words

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