REVERT


Meaning of REVERT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈvərt ]

intransitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, verbt., to turn back & reverti, verbi., to return, come back, from re- + vertere, verti to turn — more at worth

Date: 15th century

1. : to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)

2. : to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion

3. : to return to an ancestral type

• re·vert·er noun

• re·vert·ible -ˈvər-tə-bəl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.