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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.
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Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior.
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The tumbling stream . . .
Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson.
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2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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3. (Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
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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.
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So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak.
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2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
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3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
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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.
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An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller.
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