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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-vurt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜrt



Definition of revert

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
  • verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
Example sentences :
  • I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I am aware that I point the passage differently, while I revert to the old text.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It is necessary to revert to the other evening, after you took your leave.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Was he going to revert to the filthy cooking of imaginary figures?
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • And now to revert more particularly to our home life in the shanty.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • I took her hand and was moved to revert to that morning's conversation in the street.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • Let us revert to the myths and trace the descent of Minos and his progeny.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • We must now revert to the negotiations between Pitt and Clare.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • We must now revert to the tidal history of the earth-moon system.
  • Extract from : « Time and Tide » by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
  • In solving this problem we have to revert to our reason why the earth is a magnet.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper

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