Definitions for revert
rɪˈvɜrtre·vert

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn backverb

   go back to a previous state

   "We reverted to the old rules"

2. revertverb

   undergo reversion, as in a mutation

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revertnoun

   One who, or that which, reverts.

2. revertnoun

   A convert to Islam.

3. revertnoun

   The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.

   We've found that git reverts are at least an order of magnitude faster than SVN reverse merges.

4. revertverb

   To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.

5. revertverb

   To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

6. revertverb

   To cause to return to a former condition.

7. revertverb

   To return; to come back.

   If they attack, we will revert to the bunker.

8. revertverb

   To return to the possession of.

   When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author.

9. revertverb

   To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.

   Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.

10. revertverb

    To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.

11. revertverb

    To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

12. revertverb

    To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.

    Phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.

13. revertverb

    To return to a previous subject of discourse or thought.

14. revertverb

    To convert to Islam.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Revertnoun

   Return; recurrence. A musical term.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Hath not musick her figures the same with rhetorick? what is a revert but her antistrophe? Henry Peacham, of Musick.

2. To REVERTverb

   Etymology: reverto, Lat.

   1. To change; to turn to the contrary.

   Wretched her subjects, gloomy sits the queen,
   Till happy chance revert the cruel scene;
   And apish folly, with her wild resort
   Of wit and jest, disturbs the solemn court. Matthew Prior.

   2. To reverberate.

   The stream boils
   Around the stone, or from the hollow’d bank
   Reverted plays in undulating flow. James Thomson.

3. To Revertverb

   To return; to fall back.

   Etymology: revertir, old Fr.

   My arrows,
   Too slightly timbred for so loud a wind,
   Would have reverted to my bow again. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   If his tenant and patentee shall dispose of his gift without his kingly assent, the lands shall revert to the king. Francis Bacon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Revertverb

   to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse

2. Revertverb

   to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate

3. Revertverb

   to change back. See Revert, v. i

4. Revertverb

   to return; to come back

5. Revertverb

   to return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him

6. Revertverb

   to return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type

7. Revertverb

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

8. Revertnoun

   one who, or that which, reverts

9. Etymology: [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Revert

   rē-vėrt′, v.t. to turn or drive back: to reverse.—v.i. to return: to fall back: to refer back: to return to the original owner or his heirs.—adjs. Rēver′tant (her.), flexed, bent twice at a sharp angle; Rēver′ted, reversed; Rēver′tible, that may revert or be reverted; Rēver′tive, tending to revert: changing: turning to the contrary.—adv. Rēver′tively, by way of reversion. [Fr.,—L. revertĕre.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of revert in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of revert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of revert in a Sentence

1. Mehmet Karli:

   There will no longer be a centralization of power at the hands of the president, the presidency will become a symbolic office and Turkey will revert back to the parliamentary democracy that it was since 1921.

2. Dave Walker:

   I used to anchor at CNN, and now I just yell at CNN, i think originally,it was pretty much 99 percent news content… as cable news evolved and more competition came into the fray,you had more opinion, particularly in the evening hours.And I would say that’s the major difference now. But maybe with the new ownership that may revert to more just basic news coverage.

3. President Barack Obama:

   It is not an economy that's built for the 21st century. Unfortunately, those forces for modernization inside of Russia, I think, have been sidelined. That's bad for Russia and, over time, it's bad for the United States, because if Russia is doing badly, the concern is that they revert to old expansionist ideas that really shouldn't have any application in the 21st century.

4. Jake Sullivan:

   One of the dynamics of when they talk now is they both revert back to previous things each of them have said.

5. Scott Lasley:

   Sen. Paul reaffirmed his intent to pay for the caucus. $250,000 is to be raised or transferred to (the Republican Party of Kentucky) by September 18. If the money is not there by the 18th, it will revert back to a presidential primary instead of the caucus, details on the remaining balance will be determined as the process unfolds.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=revert
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Revert
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=revert
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revert
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=revert