revert
verb (used without object)
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc..
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Consciously or not, pop has been reverting to precedents from past downturns.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2010