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Meaning
Noun
●
One who, or that which, reverts.
●
In Religion:
One who
reverts
to that
religion
which he had
adhered
to before having
converted
to another
●
In Islam:
A
convert
to Islam.
●
In Computing:
The
act
of
reversion
(of e.g. a
database transaction
or
source control
repository
) to an
earlier
state.
●
The
skateboard
maneuver
of
rotating
the
board
180
degrees
or more while the
wheels
remain
on the ground.
Verb
●
To
turn back
, or
turn
to the contrary
; to reverse.
●
To
throw back
; to
reflect
; to reverberate.
●
To cause to
return
to a
former
condition.
●
To
return
;
to come
back.
●
To
return
to the
possession
of.
●
In Law:
To
return
to the
possession
of.
Of an
estate
: To
return
to its
former
owner
, or to his or her
heirs
, when a
grant
comes to
an end.
●
To cause (a
property
or
rights
) to
return
to the
previous
owner.
●
To
return
to a
former
practice
,
condition
,
belief
, etc.
●
In Biology:
To
return
to an
earlier
or
primitive type
or state; to
take on
the
traits
or
characters
of an
ancestral
type.
●
To change back, as from a
soluble
to an
insoluble
state or the reverse.
●
To
take up
again or
return
to a
previous
topic.
●
To
convert
to Islam.
●
In Hong Kong English, Indian English, Malaysian English & Singapore English:
To
reply
(to
correspondence
, etc.).
*
●
In Mathematics:
To
treat
(a
series
, such as
y
=a+bx+cx²+⋯, where one
variable
y
is
expressed
in
powers
of a second
variable
x
),
so as to
find the second
variable
x
expressed
in a
series
arranged
in
powers
of
y
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
revert
English
revertir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Reply
Returns
Downgrade
Return
Returned
Get Back To
Related
Regress
Restore
Succumb
Respond
Adapt
Migrate
Convert
Turn
Relegate
Transfer
Switch
Conform
Submit
Shift
React
Adhere
Move
Adjust
Request
Defer
Update
Release
Send
Modify
Recover
Change
Reintroduce
Transition
Cling
Commit
Default
Resubmit
Proceed
Resend
Revise
Attach
Surrender
Stick
Apply
Reinstate
Leave
Handover
Refund
Come Back
Roll Back
Hark Back
Follow Up
More
Rhymes
Ert
Gurt
Wort
Hurt
Dirt
Bert
Birt
Gert
Pert
Wert
Curt
Lirt
Kurt
Alert
Flirt
Exert
Quirt
Avert
Overt
Inert
Shirt
Apert
Worty
Squirt
Unhurt
Belirt
Insert
Revert
Desert
Assert
Begirt
Dessert
Convert
Subvert
Unalert
Ambivert
Extrovert
Ambiverts
Introvert
Red Alert
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