Definitions for revert

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revert re·vert

Spelling: [ri-vurt]

IPA: /rɪˈvɜrt/

Revert is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in revert (eerrtv).

Definitions for revert

noun

1. a person or thing that reverts.
2. Law. a reversion.

verb (used without object)

1. to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.:
2. Law. to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
3. Biology. to return to an earlier or primitive type.
4. to go back in thought or discussion:

Origin of revert

1250-1300; Middle English reverten (Old French revertir) Latin revertere to turn back, equivalent to re- re- + vertere to turn; see verse

Examples for revert

Classically, by turning on/off several genetic switches, scientists can revert cells to a less specialized stage.

And will Pam and Cheryl revert back from the Coke Monster and Cherlene?

Was he going to revert to the filthy cooking of imaginary figures?

It is necessary to revert to the other evening, after you took your leave.

If a bad edit appeared, the community could simply get rid of it by clicking on a “revert” link.

I am aware that I point the passage differently, while I revert to the old text.

I asked him to describe the U.S. mission that will likely revert back to the embassy it was more than a half century ago.

I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.

And now to revert more particularly to our home life in the shanty.

For her sake, New York cannot revert to the way it used to be.