Re*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.] [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.
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.
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Re*vert", v. i.
1.
To return; to come back.
So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again.
Shak.
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.
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Re*vert", n.
One who, or that which, reverts.
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith.
Fuller.
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