revert

re·vert  (r-vûrt)

intr.v. re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts

1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.

2. Law To return to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.

3. Genetics To undergo reversion.

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[Middle English reverten, from Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertre, variant of Latin revertere : re-, re- + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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re·verter n.

re·verti·ble adj.

re·vertive adj.

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revert

vb [rɪˈvɜːt] (intr; foll by to)

1. to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc. she reverted to her old wicked ways

2. to take up again or come back to a former topic

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology (of individuals, organs, etc.) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type

4. (Law) Property law (of an estate or interest in land) to return to its former owner or his heirs when a grant, esp a grant for the lifetime of the grantee, comes to an end

revert to type to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared

n [ˈriːˌvɜːt]

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church

[from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn]

reverter  n

revertible  adj

Usage: Since back is part of the meaning of revert, one should not say that someone reverts back to a certain type of behaviour

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	revert - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" retrovert, regress, turn back, return recidivate, relapse, retrogress, regress, lapse, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" resile - return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile" recuperate, go back, recover - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
	2.	revert - undergo reversion, as in a mutation mutate - undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

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revert

verb

1. go back, return, come back, resume, lapse, recur, relapse, regress, backslide, take up where you left off He reverted to smoking heavily.

2. return, go back to, be returned to, be once again in the possession of The property reverts to the freeholder.

Translations

revert [rɪˈvɜːt] VI

1. (= return) → volver
to revert to a subject → volver a un tema
reverting to the matter under discussion → volviendo al tema de la discusión ...

2. (Jur) → revertir (to a)

3. (Bio) → saltar atrás
to revert to type (Bio) → saltar atrás en la cadena natural (fig) → volver por donde solía, volver a ser el mismo/la misma de antes

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revert [rɪˈvɜː^rt] vi

(= return) to revert to sth → revenir à qch
to revert to childhood → revenir en enfance, retourner en enfance
to revert to one's old ways → revenir à ses vieilles habitudes
She reverted to her old ways → Elle est revenue à ses vieilles habitudes.
to revert to doing sth → se remettre à faire qch
to revert to type (= behave as one would expect) [person]
He reverted to type → Le naturel est revenu au galop. (BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY) → subir une réversion

(= be returned) to revert to sb [property, rights, money] → revenir à qn

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revert

vi (= return, to former state) → zurückkehren (to zu); (to bad state) → zurückfallen (→ to in +acc); (to topic) → zurückkommen (→ to auf +acc); (to a dialect etc) → (zurück)verfallen (→ to in +acc); (Jur: property) → zurückfallen (→ to an +acc); he has reverted back to childhood → er ist wieder ins Kindheitsalter zurückgefallen; to revert to type (Biol) → in der Art zurückschlagen; he has reverted to type (fig) → seine alte Natur ist wieder durchgebrochen; fields reverting to moorland/woodland → Felder, die wieder versumpfen/wieder zu Wäldern werden

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revert [rɪˈvɜːt] vi (gen) to revert (to) → ritornare (a)
to revert to type (Bio) → ritornare allo stato primitivo (fig) → tornare alla propria natura

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revert [rɪˈvɜːt] vi (gen) to revert (to) → ritornare (a)
to revert to type (Bio) → ritornare allo stato primitivo (fig) → tornare alla propria natura

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revert

v revert [rəˈvəːt]

to come or go back (to a previous state, point in a discussion etc). terugkeer يُعيد الوَضْع إلى ما كانَ عَلَيْه връщам се vrátit se vende tilbage til zurückkommen επανέρχομαι volver tagasi pöörduma رجوع کردن؛ برگشتن palautua revenir (à) לַחֲזוֹר फिर लौट आना vratiti se u prvobitno stanje visszatér kembali taka aftur upp, snúa sér aftur að tornare, ritornare もとに戻る 복귀하다 (su)grįžti į, pasukti atgal prie atgriezties pie iepriekšējā (stāvokļa u.tml.) kembali terugkeren komme/vende tilbake til wrócić (do punktu wyjścia)/(do poprzedniego stanu) voltar a re­veni la возвращаться vrátiť sa povrniti se vratiti se återgå, återkomma กลับสู่สภาพเดิม; กลับไปกล่าวถึงหัวข้อเดิม dönmek, dönüş yapmak 回到(之前的狀態或議題等) повертатися واپش آنا یا جانا trở lại 回复

n reˈversion [-ʃən, (American ) -ʒən]

terugkering رُجوع، إرْتِداد връщане obrat tilbagevenden die Umkehrung επάνοδος, επιστροφή reversión tagasipöördumine بازگشت؛ حرکت معکوس palautuminen retour, réversion חֲזָרָה לַבַּעַלות שֶׁל- लौटना vraćanje prava darivatelju ili određenoj osobi visszatérés pengembalian afturhvarf ritorno, reversione 逆戻り 복귀 (su)grįžimas atgriešanās pengembalian terugkeer tilbakevending; speilvending powrót do poprzedniego stanu regresso întoarcere, revenire возвращение obrat vrnitev povratak återgång การกลับกัน dönme, dönüş 回復 повернення واپسی sự trở lại 复归