From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Revert \Re*vert"\, v. i.
1. To return; to come back.
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So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again. --Shak.
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2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of
a particular estate granted by him.
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3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some
preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of
an ancestral type.
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4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble
state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain
fertilizers reverts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. --Prior.
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The tumbling stream . . .
Reverted, plays in undulating flow. --Thomson.
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2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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3. (Chem.) To change back. See {Revert}, v. i.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Revert \Re*vert"\, n.
One who, or that which, reverts.
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An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts,
or rather reverts, to the faith. --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revert
v 1: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: {revert}, {return}, {retrovert}, {regress}, {turn
back}]
2: undergo reversion, as in a mutation
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