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revert |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Revert \Re*vert"\, 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 pre["e]xistent 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Revert \Re*vert"\, n. One who or that which reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Revert \Re*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reverted}; p. pr & vb n. {Reverting}.] [L. revertere, reversum pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf OF revertir. See {Verse}, and cf {Reverse}.] 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 + cx^{2} + 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: revert v : go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: {return}, {regress}, {turn back}]
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