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revert
[ ri-vurt ]
/ rÉŖĖvÉrt /
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verb (used without object)
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
Law. (of assets) to go back to or return to the former owner or to their 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 goes back.
Law. a reversion.
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British Dictionary definitions for revert
revert
verb (rÉŖĖvÉĖt) (intr foll by to)
noun (ĖriĖĖvÉĖt)
a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church
Derived forms of revert
reverter, nounrevertible, adjectiveWord Origin for revert
C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn
usage for revert
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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