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Revert

Revert (revert)
v. t.(?)
Re*vert"
[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.
  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. 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.

Revert

Revert (revert)
v. i.
Re*vert"
  1. To return; to come back.

    So that my arrows
    Would have reverted to my bow again.     Shak.

  2. To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
  3. To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
  4. To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.

Revert

Revert (revert)
n.
Re*vert"
  1. One who, or that which, reverts.

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













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