revert

n. One who, or that which, reverts. [ 1913 Webster ]

An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To return; to come back. [ 1913 Webster ]

So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [ Obs. ] E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, reverts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Reversion. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate. [ 1913 Webster ]