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Pronunciation : Re*vert"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]
Definition : 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. (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*vert"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To return; to come back. So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak.

2. (Law)

Defn: To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: To return, wholly or in part, towards some pre?xistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

4. (Chem.)

Defn: To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*vert"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913