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Webster 1913 Edition
Revert
Re-vert′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reverted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reverting
.] 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.)
To change back. See
Revert
, Verb.
I.
To revert a series
(Alg.)
, to treat a series, as
y = a + bx + cx
, 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.2
+ etc.Re-vert′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To return; to come back.
So that my arrows
Would have
Would have
reverted
to my bow again. Shakespeare
2.
(Law)
To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
3.
(Biol.)
To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
4.
(Chem.)
To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse;
thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers
. reverts
Re-vert′
,Noun.
One who, or that which, reverts.
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather
reverts
, to the faith. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revert
REVERT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse.Till happy chance revert the cruel scene.
[Instead of revert, in this sense, reverse is generally used.]
2.
To drive or turn back; to reverberate; as a stream reverted.REVERT'
,Verb.
I.
1.
To return; to fall back.2.
In law, to return to the proprietor, after the determination of a particular estate. A feud granted to a man for life, or to him and his issue male, or his death or failure of issue male, reverted to the lord or proprietor.REVERT'
,Noun.