Definition of revert

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re·vert    (r-vûrt) KEY 

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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ETYMOLOGY:
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

OTHER FORMS:
re·verter(Noun), re·verti·ble(Adjective), re·vertive(Adjective)