v.
(
revert to)
- return to (a previous state, condition, etc.).
▸Biology return to (a former or ancestral type).
- Law (of property) return or pass to by reversion.
- archaic turn (one's eyes or steps) back.
Derivative
- revertant n. & adj. (Biology ).
- reverter n. (Law ).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. revertir or L. revertere ‘turn back’.