n.
Pronunciation: ri- ' v ə rt
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, v.t., to turn back & reverti, v.i., 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 \ - ' v ə r-t ə -b ə l \ adjective