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   Revert , 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.]
   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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   To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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   (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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   Revert, v. i.
   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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   (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
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   (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
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   (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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   Revert, 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.
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