revert
[ ri-vurt ]
/ rɪˈvɜrt /
verb (used without object)
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
Law. to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
Biology. to return to an earlier or primitive type.
to go back in thought or discussion: He constantly reverted to his childhood.
noun
a person or thing that reverts.
Law. a reversion.
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react, degenerate, regress, retrogress, decline, return, relapse, recur, resume, about-face, lapse, transpose, turn, recrudesce, flip-flop, retrograde, invert, backslide, change, deteriorate
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reversionary annuity, reversionary bonus, reversioner, reversionist, reverso, revert, revertant, reverter, revery, revest, revet
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British Dictionary definitions for revert
revert
verb (rɪˈvɜːt) (intr foll by to)
noun (ˈriːˌvɜːt)
a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church
Derived Forms
reverter, nounrevertible, adjectiveWord Origin for revert
C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn
usage
Since back is part of the meaning of revert, one should not say that someone reverts back to a certain type of behaviour
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Medicine definitions for revert
revert
[ rĭ-vûrt′ ]
v.
To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.
To undergo genetic reversion.
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