Revert,
v.,
Return, turn back; recur, relapse; Recoil, retreat; restore; undo; turn the tide or scale. Ant., see Progression. [ Peter Mark
Roget New College Thesaurus]
Revert, Pronunciation:
\ri-ˈvərt\
Function:
intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, v.t.,
to turn back & reverti, v.i., to return, come back, from re- + vertere, verti to turn — more
at worth.
Date: 15th century
1 : to
come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) 2 : to
return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion 3 : to
return to an ancestral type
— re·vert·er noun [
Merriam Webster Dictionary]
