Category:Revert

Re*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.] Etym: [l. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. Of. revertir. See verse, and cf. Reverse.]

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.

Revert Re*vert", v. i.

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 preëxistent 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.

Revert Re*vert", n.

Defn: one who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the east saxons converts, or rather Reverts, to the faith. Fuller.